Input validation error in Oracle Solaris - CVE-2018-2922

 

Input validation error in Oracle Solaris - CVE-2018-2922

Published: October 17, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU36498
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-2922
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Solaris accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 2.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).


Affected software

Oracle Solaris

How to mitigate CVE-2018-2922

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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