CVE-2005-1518 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 11 May 2005 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local users can crash the automountd service in Solaris systems using specific Federated Naming Services configurations, causing a denial of service.

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-2005-1518?

CVE-2005-1518 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 11 May 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unknown vulnerability in Solaris 7 through 9, when using Federated Naming Services (FNS), autofs, and FNS X.500 configuration, allows local users to cause a denial of service (automountd crash) when "accessing" /xfn/_x500.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1518?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1518?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1518 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-2005-1518 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1518 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-9w4p-5v9g-3v66.