CVE-2005-0447 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a system hang in Solaris by flooding it with specific ARP packets, requiring OS patches.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-0447?
CVE-2005-0447 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 15 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Solaris 7, 8, and 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a flood of certain ARP packets.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0447?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2005-0447?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0447 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-2005-0447 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0447 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pr8j-rpfh-vf74.