CVE-2008-5689

high

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5949

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47449

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3454

http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-015.txt

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021464

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32904

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499352/100/0/threaded

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15962

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242266-1

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4801

http://secunia.com/advisories/33160

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-19

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H