CVE-2008-1779

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows "remote privileged" users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors related to self encapsulated IP packets.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 8, 9, 10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29783
http://secunia.com/advisories/29817
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-235901-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-173.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28732
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019831
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1192/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1325/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41762
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4848
http://secunia.com/advisories/29783
http://secunia.com/advisories/29817

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