Vulnerability in Oracle Solaris
CVE-2018-2901
Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via DHCP to compromise Solaris. 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 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).
EPSS: 0.021 (79.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Affected products
- Oracle Solaris — versions 10.0, 11.2
- Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System — versions 10, 11.2
References
- secalert_us@oracle.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-2901?
- CVE-2018-2901 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2018-07-18.
- How severe is CVE-2018-2901?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.