Sun Solaris Find In Proc Filesystem Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:16222

Info

Sun Solaris Find In Proc Filesystem Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16222
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 12 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 12 2006 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was disclosed in the referenced Sun advisory.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 10.0_x86
Sun Solaris 10
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sun Solaris Find In Proc Filesystem Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Sun Solaris is prone to a local denial of service vulnerability.

A local unprivileged attacker can cause a system panic by executing recursive operations in the '/proc' filesystem. This will crash the computer, denying further service to legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

Sun Solaris Find In Proc Filesystem Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Sun Solaris Find In Proc Filesystem Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Sun Microsystems has released Sun alert ID 102108 addressing this issue for Solaris 10. Please see the referenced Web advisory for further information.


Sun Solaris 10

Sun Solaris 10.0_x86

References

Sun Solaris Find In Proc Filesystem Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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