CVE-2016-5576 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.3 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Kernel Zones.
Medium 5.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-5576 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2016-5576 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 25 Oct 2016.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5576 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Oracle Solaris. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5576/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5576/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-5576?
CVE-2016-5576 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 25 Oct 2016.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.3 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Kernel Zones.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5576?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5576?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5576 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-5576 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5576 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-52vc-m88w-prhq.