# CVE-2004-2306: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Attackers can evade detection on hardened Solaris systems where BSM is enabled and SUNWscpu is removed, as mail alerts are disabled.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Not stated
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Aug 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mrmx-49j9-w35c

## What is CVE-2004-2306?

CVE-2004-2306 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 16 Aug 2005. 

### Official description

Sun Solaris 7 through 9, when Basic Security Module (BSM) is enabled and the SUNWscpu package has been removed as a result of security hardening, disables mail alerts from the audit_warn script, which might allow attackers to escape detection.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2306?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-2306?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2306 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2004-2306 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2306 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris

- [CVE-2008-3869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3869/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3870/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-4556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4556/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3093](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3093/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1081/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-2306 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-2306 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 16 Aug 2005. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2306 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sun Solaris. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2306/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2306/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2306
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2306
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-2306

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2306/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.