CVE-2018-2563 Missing authorization in Solaris Operating System

Medium 4.2 Published 19 Apr 2018 Updated 3 Oct 2024

A low-privileged attacker can exploit an LDAP library flaw in Solaris to read and modify accessible data.

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-2018-2563?

CVE-2018-2563 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 19 Apr 2018. 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: LDAP Library). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11.3. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via LDAP to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Solaris accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Solaris accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.2 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2563?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2563?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2563 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2018-2563 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2563 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-jpcg-wf9g-rwcq.