CVE-2008-2121 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via TCP SYN flood in Sun Solaris, requiring OS patches.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-2121?
CVE-2008-2121 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 9 May 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The TCP implementation in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and new connection timeouts) via a TCP SYN flood attack.
Weakness: CWE-16
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2121?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2008-2121?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2121 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-2008-2121 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2121 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Sunos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hjw6-p8wp-2qwf.