# CVE-2017-3242: Denial of service in LDOMS

> A low-privileged attacker can cause a complete denial of service in Oracle VM Server for Sparc by exploiting a vulnerability in the LDOM Manager.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jan 2017
- **Updated:** 9 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p4x5-v2ff-r639

## What is CVE-2017-3242?

CVE-2017-3242 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle LDOMS, published on 27 Jan 2017. 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

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM Server for Sparc component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: LDOM Manager). Supported versions that are affected are 3.2 and 3.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM Server for Sparc executes to compromise Oracle VM Server for Sparc. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle VM Server for Sparc, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM Server for Sparc. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 5.9 (Availability impacts).

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3242?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Vm Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-3242?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3242 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-3242 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3242 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle LDOMS

- [CVE-2016-4480](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4480/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2016-4962](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4962/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2015-0452](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0452/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2020-2571](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-2571/): Missing authorization in LDOMS (low 3.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-3242 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-3242 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle LDOMS, published on 27 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3242 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle LDOMS. 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-2017-3242/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3242/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3242
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3242
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3242

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