CVE-2007-5632 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 23 Oct 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local users can cause a system panic in Sun Solaris via kernel statistics retrieval flaws, requiring OS patches.

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-2007-5632?

CVE-2007-5632 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 23 Oct 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the kernel in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allow local users to cause a denial of service (panic), related to the support for retrieval of kernel statistics, and possibly related to the sfmmu_mlspl_enter or sfmmu_mlist_enter functions.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5632?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5632?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5632 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-2007-5632 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5632 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-8hcx-fwhr-833g.