CVE-2007-5921 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a system panic in Solaris Volume Manager via the ioctl interface, 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-2007-5921?
CVE-2007-5921 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 10 Nov 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the ioctl interface in the Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) in Sun Solaris 9 and 10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1346.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5921?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5921?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5921 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-2007-5921 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5921 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Sunos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-39jx-m5ww-v5fq.