CVE-2006-3783 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 21 Jul 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a system panic in Sun Solaris 10 by exploiting issues with the /net mount point and -hosts map.

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-2006-3783?

CVE-2006-3783 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 21 Jul 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Sun Solaris 10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors involving (1) the /net mount point and (2) the "-hosts" map in a mount point.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3783?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2006-3783?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3783 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-2006-3783 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3783 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-6m94-6jrq-vh4x.