31576 : Solaris libnsl rpcbind Malformed RPC Request Remote DoS
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about 1 year ago

Percent Complete
60%

Disclosure
Jan 09, 2007

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 (Description Provided by CVE) : Unspecified vulnerability in libnsl in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed RPC requests that trigger a crash in rpcbind.

Classification

 Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unknown

Solution

 Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Sun has released a patch to address this vulnerability. For Solaris 8, install patch 108993-65, and Solaris 9, install patch 113319-27.

Products
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Watch-list
Solaris
Watch-list
 8
9

References

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-01-10 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_0 Availability_impact_2

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