CVE-2012-1752 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 17 Jul 2012 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local users can cause a denial of service in Oracle Sun Solaris 11 via the Kernel/NFS component.

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-2012-1752?

CVE-2012-1752 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 17 Jul 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11 allows local users to affect availability, related to Kernel/NFS.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1752?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2012-1752?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1752 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-2012-1752 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1752 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-8v3w-hxrw-97f7.