Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : oct2012_SRU8_5

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76832

Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch from CPU oct2012.

Description

This Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

- Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel). Supported versions that are affected are 9, 10 and 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized Operating System hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS).
(CVE-2012-3207)

- Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Products Suite (subcomponent: Gnome Display Manager(GDM)). The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Solaris. (CVE-2012-3203)

Solution

Install the oct2012 CPU from the Oracle support website.

See Also

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=1475188.1

http://www.nessus.org/u?6c6537c6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76832

File Name: solaris_oct2012_SRU8_5.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 7/26/2014

Updated: 8/11/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3203, CVE-2012-3207

BID: 56053, 56062