CVE-2009-0875 Race condition in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published 12 Mar 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can exploit a race condition in the Solaris kernel to cause denial of service or gain kernel privileges.

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-2009-0875?

CVE-2009-0875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 12 Mar 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 Doors subsystem in the kernel in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_94, allows local users to cause a denial of service (process hang), or possibly bypass file permissions or gain kernel-context privileges, via vectors involving the time at which control is transferred from a caller to a door server.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0875?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2009-0875?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0875 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2009-0875 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0875 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Sun Opensolaris vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-ff4x-j9gr-p42f.