CVE-2008-5410
The PK11_SESSION cache in the OpenSSL PKCS#11 engine in Sun Solaris 10 does not maintain reference counts for operations with asymmetric keys, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (failed cryptographic operations) via…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The PK11_SESSION cache in the OpenSSL PKCS#11 engine in Sun Solaris 10 does not maintain reference counts for operations with asymmetric keys, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (failed cryptographic operations) via unspecified vectors, related to the (1) RSA_sign and (2) RSA_verify functions.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.50% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-310
- Affected
- sun/solaris
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33050Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-138863-02-1Patch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139459-01-1Patch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-246846-1Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32671
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021358
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3372
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47137
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5914
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33050Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-138863-02-1Patch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139459-01-1Patch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-246846-1Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32671
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021358
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3372
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47137
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5914
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.