Information disclosure in Oracle Solaris - CVE-2018-2577

Detailed vulnerability description

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. Easily exploitable 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 access to critical data or complete access to all Solaris accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

How to mitigate CVE-2018-2577

Sources

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102614
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040215