CVE-2008-1115 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 3 Mar 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a system panic and denial of service in Sun Solaris 8 via specific system calls.

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-2008-1115?

CVE-2008-1115 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 3 Mar 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Solaris 8 directory functions allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via an unspecified sequence of system calls or commands.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1115?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1115?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1115 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-2008-1115 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1115 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-cp35-p3q5-433f.