CVE-2004-2306 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Sun Solaris 7 through 9, when Basic Security Module (BSM) is enabled and the SUNWscpu package has been removed as a result of security hardening, disables mail alerts from the audit_warn script, which might allow attackers to escape detection.

Published: 2005-08-16

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2298	Sun Solaris 7 through 9, when Basic Security Module (BSM) is enabled and the SUNWscpu package has been removed as a result of security hardening, disables mail alerts from the audit_warn script, which might allow attackers to escape detection.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00077.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57483-1
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-070.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13724
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15042

History

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Subscriptions

Sun Solaris Sunos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-16T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:22:13.649Z

Reserved: 2005-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2306

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2306

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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