CVE-2007-5422 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause a system panic in Sun Solaris 10 when networking event auditing is enabled, requiring a patch.
- 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-2007-5422?
CVE-2007-5422 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 12 Oct 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in "Solaris Auditing" in the Basic Security Module (BSM) in Sun Solaris 10, when configured for auditing of networking (nt) events, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-16
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5422?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5422?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5422 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-2007-5422 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5422 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Sunos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m5wm-pj42-wv8h.