CVE-2007-5726 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published 30 Oct 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a system panic in Sun Solaris 10 if an SCTP socket is listening, leading to 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-2007-5726?

CVE-2007-5726 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 30 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) functionality in Sun Solaris 10, when at least one SCTP socket is in the LISTEN state, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors related to "INIT processing."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5726?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5726?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5726 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-2007-5726 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5726 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-9j8x-882c-5j43.