CVE-2016-0458 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle Sun Solaris 11 via the Kernel DAX 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-2016-0458?
CVE-2016-0458 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 21 Jan 2016. 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 vectors related to Kernel DAX.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0458?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2016-0458?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0458 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-2016-0458 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0458 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v72m-phjh-3jjp.