Sun Solaris floating point context switch implementation denial of service
| sun-solaris-floatingpoint-contextswitch-dos (41765) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Sun Solaris is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an unspecified error in the floating point context switch implementation. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to terminate unknown arbitrary applications, cause data corruption when floating point operations are executed, compromise data integrity of unknown arbitrary applications, and compromise data integrity of applications on Solaris 10 that use libc(3LIB) functions memcpy(3C) or memset(3C) or memmove(3C).
Platforms Affected:
- Sun, Solaris 10 x86
- Sun, Solaris 9.0 x86
Remedy:
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 233921 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Sun Alert ID: 233921, A Security Vulnerability in Floating Point Context Switch Implementation May Result in a Denial of Service (DoS) or Data Integrity Issues at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-233921-1.
- BID-28733: Sun Solaris Floating Point Context Switch Implementation Unspecified Security Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-1778: Unspecified vulnerability in the floating point context switch implementation in Sun Solaris 9 and 10 on x86 platforms might allow local users to cause a denial of service (application exit), corrupt data, or trigger incorrect calculations via unknown vectors.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-1193: Sun Solaris Floating Point Context Switch Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SA29728: Sun Solaris Floating Point Context Switch Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1019833: Solaris Floating Point Context Switch Bug Lets Local Users Deny Service
Reported:
Apr 03, 2008
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