CVE-2008-5010

OpenSolaris < snv_103 - Denial of Service via DHCP Request Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-5010. PoCs published by RoMaNSoFt.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a remote denial of service vulnerability in Ubuntu 6.06 DHCPd. It references CVE-2007-5365 and provides a link to an exploit archive but does not contain actual exploit code.

Description

in.dhcpd in the DHCP implementation in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_103, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via unknown DHCP requests related to the "number of offers," aka Bug ID 6713805.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by RoMaNSoFt · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4601

This is a writeup describing a remote denial of service vulnerability in Ubuntu 6.06 DHCPd. It references CVE-2007-5365 and provides a link to an exploit archive but does not contain actual exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Ubuntu 6.06 DHCPd
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target DHCP server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3088
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5668
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46480
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243806-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32668
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021157
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32213

Scores

EPSS 0.0483
EPSS Percentile 90.8%

Details

Status published
Products (25)
sun/opensolaris snv_01 (2 CPE variants)
sun/opensolaris snv_02 (2 CPE variants)
sun/opensolaris snv_03 (2 CPE variants)
sun/opensolaris snv_04 (2 CPE variants)
sun/opensolaris snv_05 (2 CPE variants)
sun/opensolaris snv_06 (2 CPE variants)
sun/opensolaris snv_07 (2 CPE variants)
sun/opensolaris snv_08 (2 CPE variants)
sun/opensolaris snv_09 (2 CPE variants)
sun/opensolaris snv_10 (2 CPE variants)
... and 15 more
Published Nov 10, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026