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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2015-7988: Vulnerability in DNS Service

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2015-7988: Vulnerability in DNS Service

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/25/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

The handle_regservice_request function in mDNSResponder before 625.41.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-service-network-dns-mdns-0-5-11-0-175-3-11-0-3-0

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