CVE-2009-0304 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Solaris systems by sending crafted IPv6 packets due to insufficient validation in the kernel.
- 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-2009-0304?
CVE-2009-0304 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 27 Jan 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The kernel in Sun Solaris 10 and 11 snv_101b, and OpenSolaris before snv_108, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted IPv6 packet, related to an "insufficient validation security vulnerability," as demonstrated by SunOSipv6.c.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0304?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0304?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0304 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-2009-0304 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-0304 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-46h9-fmgf-5h2p.