CVE-2008-3838 Missing authorization in n/a
Local administrators in non-global zones can read and modify NFS traffic for other zones, leading to data modification or denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-3838?
CVE-2008-3838 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 27 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 the NFS Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) zones implementation in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris before snv_88 allows local administrators of non-global zones to read and modify NFS traffic for arbitrary non-global zones, possibly leading to file modifications or a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3838?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3838?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3838 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2008-3838 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3838 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-68p5-3q65-cx3v.