CVE-2009-0913 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a system panic in Solaris and OpenSolaris via the keysock kernel module, leading to 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-2009-0913?
CVE-2009-0913 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 16 Mar 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the keysock kernel module in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris builds snv_01 through snv_108 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system panic) via unknown vectors related to PF_KEY socket, probably related to setting socket options.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0913?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0913?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0913 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-2009-0913 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0913 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-942f-9q46-rv64.