CVE-2008-5689
tun in IP Tunnel in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_76 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIOCGTUNPARAM IOCTL request, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.3%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
tun in IP Tunnel in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_76 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIOCGTUNPARAM IOCTL request, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.25% probability · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 10 January 2011
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- sun/opensolaris · sun/solaris
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33160Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4801
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242266-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15962
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499352/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32904
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021464
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-015.txt
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3454
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47449
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33160Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4801
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242266-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15962
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499352/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32904
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021464
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-015.txt
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3454
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47449
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5949
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.