Privilege escalation in Oracle Solaris - CVE-2019-2541

 

Privilege escalation in Oracle Solaris - CVE-2019-2541

Published: January 17, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17058
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-2541
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
Oracle Solaris

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to gain elevated privileges.

The weakness exists due to unspecified flaw in DHCP Client. An adjacent attacker can gain elevated privileges to conduct further attacks.

How to mitigate CVE-2019-2541

Install update from vendor's website.

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