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CVE-2008-5661 Detail

Description

The IPv4 Forwarding feature in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_47 through snv_82, with certain patches installed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.


Evaluator Description

Per http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241126-1 "Note 3: A system is only affected by this issue if it is configured to use IPv4, has a network route with a gateway of 127.0.0.1, and the route does not have the blackhole flag set."

Metrics

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Hyperlink Resource
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241126-1 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32861
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021413
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47378

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5661
NVD Published Date:
12/17/2008
NVD Last Modified:
08/07/2017
Source:
MITRE