CVE-2017-3516 Denial of service in Solaris Operating System

High 7.7 Published 24 Apr 2017 Updated 7 Oct 2024

A low-privileged attacker can cause a complete denial of service on Solaris via the Kernel Zones virtualized NIC driver.

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

What is CVE-2017-3516?

CVE-2017-3516 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 24 Apr 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel Zones virtualized NIC driver). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Solaris. While the vulnerability is in Solaris, 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 Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3516?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2017-3516?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3516 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-2017-3516 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3516 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-46jc-vf9r-2fqx.