Security readout for executives and security teams
A legacy weakness in Solaris 2.6 lets any user already logged into the system change TCP/IP tuning settings through the ndd utility and crash or destabilize network service on that host. It only affects a very old Sun operating system and requires local access, so modern environments are unlikely to be exposed unless they still run unsupported Solaris 2.6 systems. Exposure is limited to hosts still running Solaris 2.6, an operating system released in 1997 and long out of vendor support. Modern enterprises are unlikely to run it outside isolated legacy or industrial environments, and remote attackers cannot reach ndd without first obtaining local shell access on the affected system. Low priority for most organizations. Only material if the business still operates Solaris 2.6 systems; in that case the underlying end-of-life platform is a larger risk than this specific denial-of-service bug and should drive a modernization decision. Mitigation focus: Inventory any remaining Solaris 2.6 hosts and plan migration to a supported operating system.; Restrict interactive local access on legacy Solaris hosts to a minimal set of trusted administrators.; Review Sun security bulletin 00165 and apply the vendor-recommended patch or workaround..
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- sun-ndd(817)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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