CVE-2009-0168 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 16 Jan 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a denial of service in Sun Solaris ppdmgr due to improper temporary file handling.

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-2009-0168?

CVE-2009-0168 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 16 Jan 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in ppdmgr in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_61 through snv_106 allows local users to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to a failure to "include all cache files," and improper handling of temporary files.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0168?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2009-0168?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0168 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-2009-0168 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0168 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Sun Opensolaris vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-85h6-f65c-j3c7.