CVE-2007-2882 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 30 May 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the NFS server on Sun Solaris by sending malicious Access Control List packets, 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-2007-2882?

CVE-2007-2882 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 30 May 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the NFS client module in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 before 20070524, when operating as an NFS server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain Access Control List (acl) packets.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2882?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2007-2882?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2882 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-2007-2882 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2882 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-pv38-gpw3-w7g5.