CVE-2008-5689

N/A Unknown

Published: December 19, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

tun in IP Tunnel in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_76 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIOCGTUNPARAM IOCTL request, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/33160

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4801

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242266-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15962

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499352/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32904

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021464

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-015.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3454

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47449

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5949

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/33160