CVE-2017-10036 Denial of service in Solaris Operating System

High 7.5 Published 8 Aug 2017 Updated 4 Oct 2024

An unauthenticated attacker can cause a complete denial of service on Solaris via the NFSv4 component.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2017-10036?

CVE-2017-10036 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 8 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: NFSv4). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via NFSv4 to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10036?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2017-10036?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-10036 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-2017-10036 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10036 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-g6jx-qfpc-2379.