CVE-2006-7028 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a console hang on single-CPU Solaris systems via TCP packet floods, though the issue is unreplicated and cause unknown.
- 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-2006-7028?
CVE-2006-7028 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 23 Feb 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Single CPU Sun systems running Solaris 7, 8, or 9, such as Netra, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (console hang) via a flood of small TCP/IP packets. NOTE: this issue has not been replicated by third parties. In addition, the cause is unknown, although it might be related to "jabber" and generation of a large amount of interrupts within the console, or a hardware error.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-7028?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2006-7028?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-7028 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-2006-7028 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-7028 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q5v2-5wmj-xh6c.