CVE-2008-1480: Medium severity oracle solaris and zettabyte file system (zfs) vulnerability
Published Mar 24, 2008
·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.