PT-1997-1245 · Sun · Sunos

Published 1997-05-19 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-1999-1449

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SunOS version 4.1.4

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a kernel panic, by reading from the /dev/tcx0 TCX device.

Recommendations For SunOS version 4.1.4, restrict access to the /dev/tcx0 TCX device to prevent local users from causing a denial of service.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1449

Affected Products

Sunos

References · 3

• http://oamk.fi/~jukkao/bugtraq/before-971202/0498.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1449 · Security Note
• http://insecure.org/sploits/sunos.dev.tcx0.write.wierd.shit.to.device.bug.html · Vendor Advisory