CVE-2008-0933 Race condition in n/a

Medium 4.7 Published 25 Feb 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can trigger race conditions in the Solaris kernel CPU Performance Counters subsystem to cause a system panic and 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-2008-0933?

CVE-2008-0933 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 25 Feb 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple race conditions in the CPU Performance Counters (cpc) subsystem in the kernel in Sun Solaris 10 allow local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors related to kcpc_unbind and kcpc_restore.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0933?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0933?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0933 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-0933 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0933 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Sun Solaris vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-25rw-v6g3-5hgc.