Sun Solaris Platform Information and Control Library picld(1M) Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:30450

Info

Sun Solaris Platform Information and Control Library picld(1M) Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 30450
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2008-3426
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 30 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:25PM
Credit: Sun Microsystems
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
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_95
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_92
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_91
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_89
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_88
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_64
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_22
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_19
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_13
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_02
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_01
Avaya Interactive Response 3.0
Avaya Interactive Response 2.0
Avaya CMS Server 13.0
Avaya CMS Server 14.1
Avaya CMS Server 14.0
Avaya CMS Server 13.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sun Solaris Platform Information and Control Library picld(1M) Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

The Sun Solaris Platform Information and Control Library daemon 'picld(1M)' is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability.

A local unprivileged attacker can exploit this issue to disable system monitoring and prevent proper operations of certain system utilities, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

This issue affects Solaris 8, 9, 10 and OpenSolaris for SPARC and x86 platforms.

Exploit / POC

Sun Solaris Platform Information and Control Library picld(1M) Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

Solution / Fix

Sun Solaris Platform Information and Control Library picld(1M) Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

References

Sun Solaris Platform Information and Control Library picld(1M) Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:
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