CVE-2006-5396 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can crash the system via a TCP loopback connection when TCP Fusion is enabled in the Solaris kernel.
- 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-2006-5396?
CVE-2006-5396 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 18 Oct 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The tcp_fuse_rcv_drain function in the Sun Solaris 10 kernel before 20061017, when TCP Fusion is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a TCP loopback connection with both endpoints on the same system.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5396?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5396?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5396 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-2006-5396 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5396 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x9p6-jp98-g5fm.