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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Mar 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cp35-p3q5-433f

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1115?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2008-1115 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris

- [CVE-2008-3869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3869/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3870/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-4556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4556/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3093](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3093/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1081/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-1115 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Sun Solaris. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1115/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1115/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1115
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1115
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1115

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1115/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.