CVE-2008-3549 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.7 Published 7 Aug 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a system hang or panic in Sun Solaris via the pthread_mutex_reltimedlock_np API.

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-2008-3549?

CVE-2008-3549 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 7 Aug 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 pthread_mutex_reltimedlock_np API in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris before snv_90 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang or panic) via unknown vectors.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3549?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3549?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3549 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-2008-3549 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3549 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-qggj-r88p-xg6w.