CVE-2008-1480: Medium severity oracle solaris and zettabyte file system (zfs) vulnerability

Published Mar 24, 2008
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Updated

rpc.metad in Sun Solaris 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed RPC request.

Affected Software

2 affected components
Sun Solaris=10
Sun SunOS=5.10

Event History

Mar 24, 2008
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:00 PM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1480?

CVE-2008-1480 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause a denial of service.

2

How do I fix CVE-2008-1480?

To mitigate CVE-2008-1480, it is recommended to apply patches provided by the vendor or update to an unaffected version of Solaris.

3

What are the affected versions in CVE-2008-1480?

CVE-2008-1480 affects Sun Solaris 10 and SunOS 5.10 on both x86 and SPARC architectures.

4

What type of attack does CVE-2008-1480 involve?

CVE-2008-1480 involves a denial of service attack through malformed RPC requests that can crash the rpc.metad daemon.

5

Who is at risk from CVE-2008-1480?

Organizations using vulnerable versions of Sun Solaris 10 or SunOS 5.10 are at risk from CVE-2008-1480.

Contact

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