CVE-2014-6497 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle Sun Solaris 11 via unspecified kernel 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
- Available
What is CVE-2014-6497?
CVE-2014-6497 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 15 Oct 2014. 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 via unknown vectors related to Kernel.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6497?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2014-6497?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2014-6497 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6497 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Sunos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4w43-h2cj-3qvc.