CVE-2013-0408 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle Sun Solaris 10 via CPU performance counter drivers.
- 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-2013-0408?
CVE-2013-0408 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 17 Apr 2013. 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 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to CPU performance counters drivers.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0408?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2013-0408?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-0408 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-2013-0408 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0408 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Sunos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p27h-rx3j-x2q4.