CVE-2008-1779
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 1.5% (75th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1779)
- Published
- April 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1779 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29783(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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