National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0304

Overview

The kernel in Sun Solaris 10 and 11 snv_101b, and OpenSolaris before snv_108, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted IPv6 packet, related to an "insufficient validation security vulnerability," as demonstrated by SunOSipv6.c.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: XF

Name: sun-solaris-ipv6packets-dos(48208)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48208

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0232

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0232

External Source: BID

Name: 33435

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33435

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 7865

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/7865

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 251006

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-251006-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021635

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1021635

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33605

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33605

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20090126 Solaris Devs Are Smoking Pot

Hyperlink:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2009-January/067709.html