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Vigil@nce: Sun Solaris, denial of service via NFSv4
August 2008 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS
An attacker can be able to generate a denial of service of
victim’s NFS mounts, thanks to an NFSv4 server.
Gravity: 1/4
Consequences: denial of service of service
Provenance: intranet server
Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack
Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Creation date: 20/08/2008
Identifier: VIGILANCE-VUL-8044
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– OpenSolaris [confidential versions]
– Sun Solaris [confidential versions]
DESCRIPTION
NFS is a protocol used to access files over a network.
NFSv4 client has a vulnerability, which, when exploited, will
block the access to shared information.
An attacker can therefore be able to generate a denial of service
of victim’s NFS mounts, thanks to an NFSv4 server attacker.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: 240546, 6378538, BID-30753, VIGILANCE-VUL-8044
