CVE-2013-3838 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause denial of service on Oracle SPARC Enterprise T and M Series servers via unspecified firmware vulnerabilities.
- 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-2013-3838?
CVE-2013-3838 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Oct 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 SPARC Enterprise T & M Series Servers running Sun System Firmware before 6.7.13 for SPARC T1, 7.4.6.c for SPARC T2, 8.3.0.b for SPARC T3 & T4, 9.0.0.d for SPARC T5 and 9.0.1.e for SPARC M5 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Sun System Firmware/Hypervisor.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3838?
It affects 12 products.
Products include Oracle Sparc Enterprise M8000 Server, Oracle Sparc Enterprise M9000 Server, Oracle Sparc T3-1, Oracle Sparc T3-1b, Oracle Sparc T3-2, Oracle Sparc T3-3 and 6 more.
How do I fix CVE-2013-3838?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3838 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-2013-3838 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3838 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9h34-65rw-jw4w.