CVE-2011-2298 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle Solaris via the KSSL component, affecting system availability.
- 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-2011-2298?
CVE-2011-2298 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 21 Jul 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 10 and 11 Express allows remote attackers to affect availability, related to KSSL.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2298?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2011-2298?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2298 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-2011-2298 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2298 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Sunos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4934-5wcq-4q3h.