CVE-2008-5010 is a critical denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the in.dhcpd daemon in Sun Solaris versions 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_103. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by sending specially crafted DHCP requests, leading to an assertion failure and daemon exit, effectively disrupting DHCP services. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, resulting in a complete loss of availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= snv_102CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:*:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= snv_102CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:*:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
snv_01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_01:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
snv_01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_01:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
snv_02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_02:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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