CVE-2008-1779
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSun 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote privileged users to trigger a kernel panic via malformed self-encapsulated IP packets. The issue resides in the IP packet handling subsystem of the Solaris kernel, causing a system-wide crash rather than a simple service interruption.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 8= 9= 10CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Solaris versionRun 'uname -a' or check '/etc/release' to display the installed Solaris versionAffected if The version displayed is 8, 9, or 10 (including specific updates within these major versions)
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Verify IP networking is enabledRun 'ifconfig -a' to list all network interfaces and their statusAffected if Any IP interface is in 'UP' state and configured with an IP address, making the system reachable over the network
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Check for exposed network listenersRun 'netstat -an | grep LISTEN' to see if the system is accepting network connectionsAffected if The system has open listening ports, indicating network accessibility that could allow an attacker to send malicious packets
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Confirm patch statusRun 'showrev -p' to list all installed patches, then verify if the CVE-2008-1779 specific patch is present (consult Oracle/Sun patch database for the relevant patch ID for your Solaris version)Affected if The system is running Solaris 8, 9, or 10 AND the specific kernel patch for CVE-2008-1779 is NOT installed
A system is affected if it is running Solaris 8, 9, or 10 with IP networking enabled and the relevant security patch has not been applied.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the relevant Oracle/Sun kernel patch for CVE-2008-1779 to the affected Solaris systems. Restrict privileged network access and implement network segmentation to limit exposure to remote privileged attackers until patches can be applied.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2008-1779 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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