CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-3516

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (Kernel Zones virtualized NIC driver). It allows a low privileged attacker with network access to compromise Solaris.

Risk Assessment

Attacks may lead to hanging or frequent crashes of Solaris, resulting in complete denial of service (DoS).

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel Zones virtualized NIC driver). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Solaris. While the vulnerability is in Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

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