Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-0669 - Local Security vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 11.3

047910
CVSS 5.2 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
oracle
nessus

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.3 allows local users to affect integrity and availability via vectors related to Fwflash.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Oracle
1

Nessus

NASL familySolaris Local Security Checks
NASL idSOLARIS_APR2016_SRU11_3_6_5_0.NASL
descriptionThis Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address a critical security update : - Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Fwflash). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Solaris accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Solaris. (CVE-2016-0669)
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id90621
published2016-04-21
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90621
titleOracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : apr2016_SRU11_3_6_5_0
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from the Oracle CPU for apr2016.
#
include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(90621);
  script_version("2.8");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-0669");

  script_name(english:"Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : apr2016_SRU11_3_6_5_0");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the apr2016 CPU");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch from CPU
apr2016."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address a critical
security update :

  - Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun
    Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Fwflash). The
    supported version that is affected is 11.3. Easily
    exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged
    attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris
    executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of
    this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation,
    deletion or modification access to critical data or all
    Solaris accessible data and unauthorized ability to
    cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete
    DOS) of Solaris. (CVE-2016-0669)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=2123591.1"
  );
  # https://www.oracle.com/ocom/groups/public/@otn/documents/webcontent/2948264.xml
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ae0f7f52"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2016v3.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Install the apr2016 CPU from the Oracle support website."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.3");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/04/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/04/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/04/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Solaris Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Solaris11/release");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("solaris.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Solaris11/release");
if (isnull(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Solaris11");


fix_release = "0.5.11-0.175.3.6.0.5.0";

flag = 0;

if (solaris_check_release(release:"0.5.11-0.175.3.6.0.5.0", sru:"11.3.6.5.0") > 0) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:solaris_get_report2());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "Solaris", fix_release, release);