CVE-2006-3728 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service in Solaris 10 via kernel data structure corruption leading to system panic.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-3728?
CVE-2006-3728 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 19 Jul 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel in Solaris 10 with patch 118822-29 (118844-29 on x86) and without patch 118833-11 (118855-08) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors that lead to "kernel data structure corruption" that can trigger a system panic, application failure, or "data corruption."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3728?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3728?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3728 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-2006-3728 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3728 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2j68-6vfw-v8m4.