CVE-2008-2946 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the SNMP-DMI mapper daemon in Sun Solaris by sending malformed packets, 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-2008-2946?
CVE-2008-2946 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 30 Jun 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SNMP-DMI mapper subagent daemon (aka snmpXdmid) in Solstice Enterprise Agents in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via malformed packets.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2946?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2008-2946?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2946 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-2008-2946 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2946 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-482g-8988-9gwh.