CVE-2009-0267 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the in.iked daemon in Sun Solaris via malformed IKE packets, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2009-0267?
CVE-2009-0267 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 26 Jan 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libike in Sun Solaris 9 and 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_100, does not properly check packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (in.iked daemon crash) via an unspecified IKE packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2989.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0267?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0267?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0267 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-2009-0267 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0267 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9r95-m9j5-g98p.