CVE-2009-0926 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 17 Mar 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a system panic in OpenSolaris UFS filesystem routines, 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-2009-0926?

CVE-2009-0926 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 17 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 UFS filesystem functionality in Sun OpenSolaris snv_86 through snv_91, when running in 32-bit mode on x86 systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors related to the (1) ufs_getpage and (2) ufs_putapage routines, aka CR 6679732.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0926?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2009-0926?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0926 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-2009-0926 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0926 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-c4wq-484p-4fxv.