CVE-2008-3875

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3875
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-02 14:24:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe kernel in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 and OpenSolaris before snv_90 allows local users to bypass chroot, zones, and the Solaris Trusted Extensions multi-level security policy, and establish a covert communication channel, via unspecified vectors involving system calls.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sun Opensolaris build_snv_01 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris build_snv_02 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris build_snv_13 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris build_snv_19 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris build_snv_22 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris build_snv_39 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris build_snv_47 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris build_snv_59 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris build_snv_64 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris build_snv_79b All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris build_snv_87 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris build_snv_88 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris All All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 10 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 10 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9 All x86 All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 Content not found errors - SunSolve - wikis.sun.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Sun Solaris Kernel Covert Channel Security Bypass - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Solaris Kernel Lets Local Users Establish Covert Channels - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Sun Solaris Kernel Covert Channel Creation Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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