CVE-2008-1779 Denial of service in n/a
Remote privileged users can cause a system panic in Sun Solaris via self-encapsulated IP packets, requiring OS patches.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-1779?
CVE-2008-1779 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 14 Apr 2008. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows "remote privileged" users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors related to self encapsulated IP packets.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1779?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1779?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1779 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-2008-1779 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1779 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rh5w-4xpg-jvmh.