CVE-2011-2259 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 20 Jul 2011 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle Solaris via the UFS file system, requiring local access to exploit.

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-2011-2259?

CVE-2011-2259 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 20 Jul 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 8, 9, 10, and 11 Express allows local users to affect availability, related to UFS.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2259?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2259?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2259 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-2011-2259 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2259 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-79w6-j98w-qxpv.