Buffer overflow in Oracle Solaris
CVE-2017-3631
Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel). The supported version that is affected is 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: 0.060 (92.6th 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 11
- Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System — versions 11
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert_us@oracle.com (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-3631?
- CVE-2017-3631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-06-22.
- How severe is CVE-2017-3631?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-3631 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.