PT-2008-6736 · Sun+1 · Sun Solaris+2

Published 2008-12-19 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-5684

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sun Solaris versions 8 through 10 OpenSolaris versions prior to snv 85

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This can be triggered by a port scan that causes a segmentation violation in the Gnome session manager.

Recommendations For Sun Solaris versions 8 through 10, update to a version later than 10 to resolve the issue. For OpenSolaris versions prior to snv 85, update to snv 85 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5684

Affected Products

Gnome Session Manager

Opensolaris

Sun Solaris

References · 11

• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243566-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-119067-11-1 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5684 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33157 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021391 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6003 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32807 · Note
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-513.htm · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47311 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3431 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33325 · Note