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Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : oct2016_SRU11_3_12_4_0

medium Nessus Plugin ID 94134

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Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch from CPU oct2016.

Description

This Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

 - Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Files). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Solaris accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Solaris accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Solaris.
 (CVE-2016-5487)

 - Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Filesystem).
 Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11.3.
 Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Solaris.
 (CVE-2016-5553)

 - Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Installation). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Solaris accessible data. (CVE-2016-5566)

 - Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel Zones). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Solaris. (CVE-2016-5576)

 - Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Lynx). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Solaris. (CVE-2016-5615)

Solution

Install the oct2016 CPU from the Oracle support website.

See Also

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=2189657.1

http://www.nessus.org/u?453a538d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 94134

File Name: solaris_oct2016_SRU11_3_12_4_0.nasl

Version: 2.17

Type: local

Published: 10/19/2016

Updated: 1/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5566

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5487, CVE-2016-5553, CVE-2016-5566, CVE-2016-5576, CVE-2016-5615