Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel Zones virtualized NIC driver).

Published 9 y ago 2017-04-24 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.7

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.1%

percentile 82%

Public exploits

none known

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel Zones virtualized NIC driver). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Solaris. While the vulnerability is in Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago 2024-10-07

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.12% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.7	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C`

Affected products

Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System

References

oracle.com /technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/97793 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1038292 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-3516
NVD: CVE-2017-3516

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