Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Libraries).
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Libraries). The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Solaris. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Oracle Solaris Operating System — oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2023.html
6 records Highest priority Priority LOW 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-08357 Improper access control in Oracle Solaris Operating SystemPriority LOW 35
- TI-2023-08323 Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Core).Priority LOW 34
- TI-2023-08273 Improper privilege management in Oracle Solaris Operating SystemPriority LOW 32
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-21984
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vw2x-3cp7-g4j4
- 2026-10-11 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Advisory 1
More Oracle Solaris vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-11706 Out-of-bounds write in Oracle Solaris Operating System KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2019-02533 Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: XScreenSaver). KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2015-03773 The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2008-02866 Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2015-04610 Assertion failure in ISC BIND named via TKEY queries KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2007-00858 Argument injection vulnerability in the telnet daemon (in.telnetd) in Solaris 10 and 11… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2023-21984 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-21984 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vw2x-3cp7-g4j4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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