CVE-2017-10099 Denial of service in SPARC - Sun System Firmware - NPE
A high-privileged local attacker can cause a complete denial of service on SPARC M7, T7, and S7 servers via a firmware vulnerability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-10099?
CVE-2017-10099 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Corporation SPARC - Sun System Firmware - NPE, published on 19 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Vulnerability in the SPARC M7, T7, S7 based Servers component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Firmware). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 9.7.6.b. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where SPARC M7, T7, S7 based Servers executes to compromise SPARC M7, T7, S7 based Servers. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of SPARC M7, T7, S7 based Servers. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10099?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Sparc-Sun System Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-10099?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-10099 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-2017-10099 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10099 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p7hr-4xp2-jwfg.