CVE-2009-1478 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause a system panic in Sun Solaris via DTrace ioctl handlers, resulting in 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-2009-1478?
CVE-2009-1478 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 29 Apr 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the DTrace ioctl handlers in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_114, allow local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1478?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-1478?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1478 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-2009-1478 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-1478 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f422-cx65-4889.