First published: Wed Oct 17 2018(Updated: )
Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel Zones). 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. While the vulnerability is in Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Credit: secalert_us@oracle.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Oracle Solaris SPARC | =11.3 |
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CVE-2018-3271 is classified as a difficult to exploit vulnerability that affects high privileged attackers.
To address CVE-2018-3271, apply the latest security patches provided by Oracle for Solaris 11.3.
CVE-2018-3271 affects the Solaris component specifically within the Kernel Zones subcomponent.
CVE-2018-3271 impacts systems running Oracle Solaris version 11.3.
The potential impact of CVE-2018-3271 allows a high privileged attacker to compromise the Solaris system.