CVE-2006-5075 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Sun Solaris Kernel SSL Proxy service, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2006-5075?
CVE-2006-5075 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 29 Sep 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Kernel SSL Proxy service (svc:/network/ssl/proxy) in Sun Solaris 10 before 20060926 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors related to an SSL client.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5075?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5075?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5075 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-2006-5075 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5075 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rcjr-58r4-7j9r.