Sun Solaris Unspecified 'snmpXdmid(1M)' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	29965
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2008-2946
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 26 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:28PM
Credit:	IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force.
Vulnerable:	Sun Solaris 9_x86 Sun Solaris 9_sparc Sun Solaris 8_x86 Sun Solaris 8_sparc Sun Solaris 10_x86 Sun Solaris 10_sparc Avaya Interactive Response 3.0 Avaya Interactive Response 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Sun Solaris Unspecified 'snmpXdmid(1M)' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Sun Solaris is prone to an unspecified denial-of-service vulnerability because of an unspecified issue in the Solstice Enterprise SNMP-DMI mapper subagent daemon ('snmpXdmid(1M)').

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the affected daemon to crash, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

This issue affects Solaris 8, 9, and 10 operating systems.

Sun Solaris Unspecified 'snmpXdmid(1M)' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Sun Solaris Unspecified 'snmpXdmid(1M)' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Sun has released patches and an advisory. Please see the references for more information.

Sun Solaris Unspecified 'snmpXdmid(1M)' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Solaris Homepage (Sun Microsystems)
  
• ASA-2008-280 A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris snmpXdmid(1M) may lead to a (Avaya)
  
• Sun Alert 237985: A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris snmpXdmid(1M) may lead (Sun)