CVE-2010-0891
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 · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability in the Sun Management Center component in Oracle Sun Product Suite 3.6.1 and 4.0 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors related to Solaris Container Manager.
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 · low confidenceUnspecified vulnerability in Sun Management Center versions 3.6.1 and 4.0 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors related to Solaris Container Manager.
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= 3.6.1= 4.0CVSS 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
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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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Determine if Sun Management Center is installedCheck for Sun Management Center installation by looking for the software package or service process. Common locations include /opt/SUNWsmc or check system packages with 'pkginfo | grep -i sunmc' or 'rpm -qa | grep -i sun' on Linux systems.Affected if Sun Management Center software is found on the system
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Identify the installed Sun Management Center versionRun the version check command for Sun Management Center. Typically found in the installation directory or via 'smcversion' command if available, or check version files in the installation path.Affected if The installed version matches 3.6.1 or 4.0 exactly
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Confirm the Solaris Container Manager module is configuredCheck if the Solaris Container Manager component is enabled in the Sun Management Center configuration. Look for container-related modules or agents in the smc configuration files or web interface.Affected if Solaris Container Manager is enabled or configured in Sun Management Center
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Verify network exposure of the management interfaceCheck network listening services related to Sun Management Center. Look for ports the application binds to, typically ports 8989 or 16201, and determine if the interface is accessible from untrusted networks.Affected if The Sun Management Center interface (especially the Container Manager) is exposed to network access beyond localhost or trusted networks
The system is affected if Sun Management Center versions 3.6.1 or 4.0 is installed with the Solaris Container Manager component enabled and accessible over the network.
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 relevant patches from Oracle (CPU October 2010), or upgrade to a patched version of Sun Management Center; if patching is not feasible, restrict network access to the Solaris Container Manager interface.
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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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2010-0891 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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