CVE-2005-3071 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 27 Sep 2005 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a denial of service in Solaris UFS via specific write operations when logging is enabled.

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-2005-3071?

CVE-2005-3071 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 27 Sep 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Unix File System (UFS) on Solaris 8 and 9, when logging is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service ("soft hang") via certain write operations to UFS.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3071?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3071?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3071 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-2005-3071 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3071 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-gm74-c2f7-gq8m.