CVE-2008-5410 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service in Sun Solaris 10 by exploiting reference count errors in the OpenSSL PKCS#11 engine's asymmetric key operations.
- 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-2008-5410?
CVE-2008-5410 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 10 Dec 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PK11_SESSION cache in the OpenSSL PKCS#11 engine in Sun Solaris 10 does not maintain reference counts for operations with asymmetric keys, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (failed cryptographic operations) via unspecified vectors, related to the (1) RSA_sign and (2) RSA_verify functions.
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5410?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5410?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5410 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-2008-5410 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5410 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9hqh-6h2m-qg9c.