Executive Summary

Summary
Title Sun Alert 264429 Race Condition Security Vulnerability in Solaris Auditing Related to Extended File Attributes May Allow Local Unprivileged Users to Panic the System
Informations
Name SUN-264429 First vendor Publication 2009-07-27
Vendor Sun Last vendor Modification 2009-07-27
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:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Product: Solaris 9 Solaris 10 OpenSolaris

A race condition security vulnerability in Solaris Auditing when interacting with
extended file attributes (fsattr(5)) may allow a local unprivileged user to be able
to panic the system. The ability to panic a system is a type of Denial of Service (DoS).


State: Resolved
First released: 27-Jul-2009

Original Source

Url : http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/sun_alert_264429_race_condition

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-362 Race Condition

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6168
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6168
Title: Race Condition Security Vulnerability in Solaris Auditing Related to Extended File Attributes May Allow Local Unprivileged Users to Panic the System
Description: Race condition in the Solaris Auditing subsystem in Sun Solaris 9 and 10 and OpenSolaris before snv_121, when extended file attributes are used, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors related to "pathnames for invalid fds."
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-2644
Version: 1
Platform(s): Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 336
Os 4

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
56607 Solaris Auditing Subsystem Extended File Attributes Race Condition Local DoS

Solaris contains a flaw that may allow a malicious local user to perform a denial of service. The issue is triggered by unspecified use of "pathnames for invalid fds." It is possible that the flaw may allow denial of service via kernel panic resulting in a loss of availability.

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