CVE-2008-3839 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause a kernel panic in Solaris NFS servers if the nodevices option is not configured, resulting in denial of service.
- 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-2008-3839?
CVE-2008-3839 is a medium-severity denial of service 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 module in the kernel in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_59 through snv_87, when configured as an NFS server without the nodevices option, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3839?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3839?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3839 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-2008-3839 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3839 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x55q-wm56-6q66.