CVE-2005-3781 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in the Solaris in.named DNS server by triggering unnecessary queries.
- 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-2005-3781?
CVE-2005-3781 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 23 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in in.named in Solaris 9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown manipulations that cause in.named to "make unnecessary queries."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3781?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3781?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3781 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-2005-3781 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3781 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j6cm-xq5x-cjv3.