CVE-2008-2090 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the SCTP protocol implementation in Sun Solaris 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and network traffic amplification) via a crafted SCTP packet.

Published: 2008-05-06

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10::x86:::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-2087	Unspecified vulnerability in the SCTP protocol implementation in Sun Solaris 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and network traffic amplification) via a crafted SCTP packet.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01313.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/29973
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-236521-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29024
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019962
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1429/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42160
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5258

History

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Subscriptions

Sun Solaris

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-05-06T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:49:57.835Z

Reserved: 2008-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2090

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-05-06T15:20:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-2090

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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