CVE-2006-7028

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-02-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Single CPU Sun systems running Solaris 7, 8, or 9, such as Netra, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (console hang) via a flood of small TCP/IP packets. NOTE: this issue has not been replicated by third parties. In addition, the cause is unknown, although it might be related to "jabber" and generation of a large amount of interrupts within the console, or a hardware error.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 9.0
Sunos: 5.7, 5.8

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434449/30/4890/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434920/30/4890/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435107/30/4710/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435146/30/4890/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434449/30/4890/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434920/30/4890/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435107/30/4710/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435146/30/4890/threaded

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