VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-3824
systeminfo.c for Sun Solaris allows local users to read kernel memory via a 0 variable count argument to the sysinfo system call, which causes a -1 argument to be used by the copyout function.
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 0.98%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.98%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
systeminfo.c for Sun Solaris allows local users to read kernel memory via a 0 variable count argument to the sysinfo system call, which causes a -1 argument to be used by the copyout function. NOTE: this issue has been referred to as an integer overflow, but it is probably more like a signedness error or integer underflow.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.98% probability · 60th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sun/solaris
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21148
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016555
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102343-1
- http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=410
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440849/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440986/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19104Exploit, Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2936
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27901
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21148
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016555
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102343-1
- http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=410
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440849/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440986/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19104Exploit, Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2936
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27901
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.