CVE-2018-2710 Denial of service in Solaris Operating System

High 7.5 Published 18 Jan 2018 Updated 3 Oct 2024

An unauthenticated attacker can cause a complete denial of service on Solaris via network access using ICMP.

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-2018-2710?

CVE-2018-2710 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 18 Jan 2018. 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: Kernel). The supported version that is affected is 10. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via ICMP 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-2018-2710?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2710?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2710 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-2018-2710 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2710 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-2mcc-j5ch-qfx2.