CVE-2008-5661

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5661
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-17 20:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe IPv4 Forwarding feature in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_47 through snv_82, with certain patches installed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_47 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_47 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_48 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_48 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_49 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_49 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_50 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_50 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_51 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_51 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_52 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_52 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_53 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_53 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_54 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_54 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_55 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_55 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_56 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_56 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_57 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_57 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_58 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_58 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_59 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_59 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_60 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_60 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_61 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_61 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_62 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_62 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_63 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_63 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_64 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_64 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_65 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_65 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_66 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_66 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_67 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_67 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_68 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_68 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_69 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_69 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_70 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_70 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_71 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_71 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_72 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_72 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_73 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_73 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_74 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_74 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_75 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_75 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_76 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_76 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_77 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_77 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_78 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_78 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_79 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_79 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_80 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_80 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_81 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_81 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_82 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_82 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 10 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 10 All x86 All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Solaris IPv4 Forwarding Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Sun Solaris IPv4 Forwarding Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Sun Solaris IPv4 Forwarding Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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