CVE-2012-3125
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 Oracle Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote attackers to affect availability, related to TCP/IP.
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 confidenceCVE-2012-3125 is an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris versions 8, 9, and 10 affecting the TCP/IP stack. Remote attackers can exploit this to impact system availability, likely through a denial-of-service condition. The exact technical details of the flaw are not disclosed in available sources.
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= 5.8= 5.9= 5.10CVSS 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
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/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 the Solaris versionRun 'uname -a' or 'cat /etc/release' to display the operating system versionAffected if The version shown is SunOS 5.8, 5.9, or 5.10 corresponding to Solaris 8, 9, or 10
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Verify TCP/IP stack is activeRun 'ifconfig -a' or 'netstat -in' to list network interfaces and confirm TCP/IP networking is enabledAffected if Network interfaces are configured and active, meaning the TCP/IP stack is running
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Confirm direct network exposureCheck network configuration with 'netstat -rn' to see routing table and evaluate if the system is directly reachable from untrusted networksAffected if The system has routable IP addresses on network segments accessible from untrusted or internet-facing networks
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Check for applied patchesRun 'showrev -p' or 'patchadd -p' to list installed patchesAffected if No Oracle security patches for this CVE are installed (specific patch numbers are not publicly available for this legacy vulnerability)
The environment is affected if the system runs Solaris 8, 9, or 10 (Sunos 5.8, 5.9, or 5.10) with an active TCP/IP stack and is exposed to network traffic from untrusted sources.
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 Oracle Critical Patch Updates for affected Solaris versions; if patches are unavailable for these legacy systems, consider network segmentation to limit exposure to untrusted networks and monitor for anomalous TCP/IP traffic patterns.
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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-2012-3125 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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