PT-2008-2545 · Sun · Sun Solaris 10

Published 2008-02-25 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-0933

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sun Solaris 10

Description The issue is related to multiple race conditions in the CPU Performance Counters (cpc) subsystem in the kernel, allowing local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors related to kcpc unbind and kcpc restore functions.

Recommendations For Sun Solaris 10, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the kcpc unbind and kcpc restore functions until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0933

Affected Products

Sun Solaris 10

References · 7

• 🔥 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231466-1 · Exploit
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27941 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29052 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0933 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0642 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019490 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5476 · Note