CVE-2007-2990 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 1 Jun 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause denial of service in Sun Solaris 10 by manipulating the inetd Unix domain socket file.

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-2007-2990?

CVE-2007-2990 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 1 Jun 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in inetd in Sun Solaris 10 before 20070529 allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon termination) via unspecified manipulations of the /var/run/.inetd.uds Unix domain socket file.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2990?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2007-2990?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2990 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-2007-2990 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2990 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-g8m9-qrr9-p2v9.