CVE-2008-1480 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 24 Mar 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the rpc.metad daemon in Sun Solaris 10 by sending a malformed RPC request, causing a 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-2008-1480?

CVE-2008-1480 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 24 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

rpc.metad in Sun Solaris 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed RPC request.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1480?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1480?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1480 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-2008-1480 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1480 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-pcpf-rc56-2fw5.