Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Sun Alert 240706 Covert Channel Security Vulnerability in the Solaris Kernel |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | SUN-240706 | First vendor Publication | 2008-08-27 |
| Vendor | Sun | Last vendor Modification | 2008-08-28 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.2 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Product: Solaris 8 Operating System Solaris 9 Operating System Solaris 10 Operating System OpenSolaris A security vulnerability with system calls in the Solaris Kernel may allow two unprivileged local user processes to establish a covert communication channel bypassing system restrictions such as the multi-level security policy found in Solaris Trusted Extensions or the isolation policy implemented using zones(5) or chroot(2). State: Resolved First released: 27-Aug-2008 |
Original Source
| Url : http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/sun_alert_240706_covert_channel |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5453 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5453 | ||
| Title: | Covert Channel Security Vulnerability in the Solaris Kernel | ||
| Description: | The kernel in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 and OpenSolaris before snv_90 allows local users to bypass chroot, zones, and the Solaris Trusted Extensions multi-level security policy, and establish a covert communication channel, via unspecified vectors involving system calls. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2008-3875 | Version: | 1 |
| Platform(s): | Sun Solaris 8 Sun Solaris 9 Sun Solaris 10 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 47857 | Solaris Kernel Covert Channel Security Restriction Bypass |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2007-03-18 | Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 122300-61 File : solaris9_122300.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-03-18 | Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 122301-61 File : solaris9_x86_122301.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-02-19 | Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 117350-62 File : solaris8_117350.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-02-19 | Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 117351-61 File : solaris8_x86_117351.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2013-02-06 19:08:18 |
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