CVE-2008-3666 Denial of service in n/a
Local or context-dependent attackers can cause a system panic via crafted files and sendfile calls, requiring attention from Solaris administrators.
- 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-2008-3666?
CVE-2008-3666 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 13 Aug 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 10 and OpenSolaris before snv_96 allows (1) context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors involving creation of a crafted file and use of the sendfilev system call, as demonstrated by a file served by an Apache 2.2.x web server with EnableSendFile configured; and (2) local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a call to the sendfile system call, as reachable through the sendfilev library.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3666?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3666?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3666 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-2008-3666 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3666 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4mqf-xqgm-xrqm.