CVE-2005-2870 Code injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on Solaris 10 DHCP clients by sending malicious DHCP responses.
- 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-2005-2870?
CVE-2005-2870 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 8 Sep 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unknown vulnerability in the net-svc script on Solaris 10 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code on a DHCP client via certain DHCP responses.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2870?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2870?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2870 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2005-2870 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2870 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mr85-wvjc-ppxp.