Vulnerability in Oracle Solaris
CVE-2023-21900
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: NSSwitch). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Solaris. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Solaris accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Solaris. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.0 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L).
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Oracle Solaris — versions 10, 11
- Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System — versions 10, 11
References
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2023.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-21900?
- CVE-2023-21900 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2023-01-18.
- How severe is CVE-2023-21900?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.