CVE-2024-57412
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 · uneditedAn issue in SunOS Omnios v5.11 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via repeatedly sending crafted TCP 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 vulnerability in SunOS Omnios v5.11 allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition by repeatedly sending crafted TCP packets. The issue appears to be in the TCP/IP stack handling of specific packet patterns, leading to system resource exhaustion or a crash.
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CVSS 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
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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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Confirm Omnios v5.11 is installedRun 'uname -a' or 'cat /etc/release' to display the operating system version and confirm it is Omnios v5.11Affected if The system is running any variant of Omnios v5.11 (any update branch such as r1510xx, r1510yy, etc.)
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Identify network-exposed TCP servicesRun 'netstat -an | grep LISTEN' or 'svcs -a | grep tcp' to list all TCP services listening on network interfacesAffected if Any TCP service is bound to a network interface (0.0.0.0 or external IP), making the system reachable over the network
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Check for recent system crashes or rebootsRun 'last' to show recent login records and system reboots, and check /var/adm/messages or crash dump directories for kernel panic indicationsAffected if Unexpected system reboots or crash dump files are present in /var/crash or /dump
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Monitor for TCP-related system resource issuesRun 'netstat -an' repeatedly to observe for abnormal TCP connection states (such as large numbers of TIME_WAIT, FIN_WAIT, or incomplete connections) that may indicate exploitation attemptsAffected if Unusually high counts of malformed or incomplete TCP connection states are observed compared to normal baseline traffic
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Review firewall or packet filtering configurationRun 'ipf -V' or 'pfctl -sr' (depending on packet filter in use) to determine if inbound TCP traffic is being filtered at the host levelAffected if No host-based TCP packet filtering or allow-lists are configured, meaning the system directly accepts TCP traffic
A user is affected if they are running Omnios v5.11 with directly exposed TCP network services and have observed unexplained system instability, crashes, or abnormal TCP connection behavior.
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 vendor-supplied patches for Omnios v5.11 once available; implement network-level filtering or rate limiting for suspicious TCP traffic as an interim measure.
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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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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.
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- 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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