CVE-2009-0268 Race condition in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 26 Jan 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can trigger a system panic in Sun Solaris via a race condition in the pseudo-terminal driver, causing 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-2009-0268?

CVE-2009-0268 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 26 Jan 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in the pseudo-terminal (aka pty) driver module in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_103, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors related to lack of "properly sequenced code" in ptc and ptsl.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0268?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2009-0268?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0268 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2009-0268 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0268 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Sun Opensolaris vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gr96-4wpc-9rch.