Buffer overflow in Oracle Solaris
CVE-2017-3630
Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Solaris accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Solaris accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.045 (90.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Oracle Solaris — versions 10, 11
- Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System — versions 10, 11
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert_us@oracle.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-3630?
- CVE-2017-3630 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-06-22.
- How severe is CVE-2017-3630?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-3630 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.