Vigil@nce: Sun Solaris, denial of service via NFS
August 2008 by Vigil@nce
A local attacker can use maliciously an NFS server in order to
create a denial of service.
– Gravity: 1/4
– Consequences: denial of service of service
– Provenance: user account
– 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: 27/08/2008
– Identifier: VIGILANCE-VUL-8056
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– OpenSolaris [confidential versions]
– Sun Solaris [confidential versions]
DESCRIPTION
NFS is a protocol used to access files over a network.
Sun Solaris has a vulnerability coming from NFS module kernel.
There is no detail given by Sun for this vulnerability.
An attacker can use the NFS server maliciously, in order to
generate a denial of service.
CHARACTERISTICS
– Identifiers: 241066, 6614416, VIGILANCE-VUL-8056
– Url: https://vigilance.aql.fr/tree/1/8056