CVE-2003-1077 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 8 Feb 2005 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Local users can cause a denial of service in Solaris 9 UFS when logging is enabled, requiring a patch to resolve.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2003-1077?

CVE-2003-1077 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 8 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unknown vulnerability in UFS for Solaris 9 for SPARC, with logging enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (UFS file system hang).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1077?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2003-1077?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1077 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2003-1077 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1077 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-hq73-h252-8wm6.