CVE-2016-5553 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 25 Oct 2016 Updated 10 Oct 2024

Local attackers can cause a denial of service on Oracle Sun Solaris systems via unspecified vectors.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2016-5553?

CVE-2016-5553 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 25 Oct 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 10 and 11.3 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5553?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5553?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5553 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-2016-5553 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5553 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-p98g-28r8-x9x6.