CVE-2008-0269 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a system panic in Sun Solaris 10 via the dotoprocs function, resulting in denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-0269?
CVE-2008-0269 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 15 Jan 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the dotoprocs function in Sun Solaris 10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0269?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2008-0269?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0269 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-0269 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0269 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Sunos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w2qj-9cx6-95c6.