CVE-2018-3270: Low severity oracle solaris and zettabyte file system (zfs) vulnerability

Published Oct 17, 2018

Updated

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 high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 1.8 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Affected Software

1 affected component

Oracle Solaris=11.3

Remediation

Patch Available

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

Event History

Oct 17, 2018

CVE Published

via MITRE·01:00 AM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·01:00 AM

DescriptionWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-3270?

CVE-2018-3270 is considered a difficult to exploit vulnerability that affects the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite.

How do I fix CVE-2018-3270?

To mitigate CVE-2018-3270, users should apply the latest security patches provided by Oracle for Solaris version 11.3.

Who is affected by CVE-2018-3270?

CVE-2018-3270 affects systems running Oracle Solaris version 11.3 that have been accessed by a high privileged attacker.

Can CVE-2018-3270 be exploited remotely?

CVE-2018-3270 requires local logon access, making it difficult to exploit remotely.

What components of Oracle Solaris are impacted by CVE-2018-3270?

CVE-2018-3270 impacts the Kernel component of Oracle Solaris 11.3.