Check Point Advisories

Oracle Solaris Remote Code Execution (CVE-2017-3623)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2017-0336
Date Published: 27 Apr 2017
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Thursday 27 February, 2025
Source: Oracle
Industry Reference:CVE-2017-3623
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Solaris 2.6,
Solaris 2.7,
Solaris 2.8,
Solaris 2.9,
Solaris 2.10.
Oracle Solaris 10 prior to 10 u11
Oracle Sun Solaris 9
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Oracle Solaris. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Oracle Solaris Remote Code Execution (CVE-2017-3623) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Oracle Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Oracle Solaris Remote Code Execution (CVE-2017-3623)

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