CVE-2009-0346 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause a system panic in Sun Solaris and OpenSolaris kernels by sending self-encapsulated IP-in-IP packets without IPsec protection.
- 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-2009-0346?
CVE-2009-0346 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 29 Jan 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The IP-in-IP packet processing implementation in the IPsec and IP stacks in the kernel in Sun Solaris 9 and 10, and OpenSolaris snv_01 though snv_85, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a self-encapsulated packet that lacks IPsec protection.
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0346?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0346?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0346 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-2009-0346 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0346 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2mcr-hvvf-8r3g.