CVE-2012-3211 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle Sun Solaris via unspecified kernel system call vectors.
- 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-2012-3211?
CVE-2012-3211 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 17 Oct 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 10 and 11 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Kernel/System Call.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3211?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2012-3211?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3211 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-2012-3211 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3211 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Sunos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h7qv-hpvq-gpmg.