CVE-2009-1673 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can crash the Sun Solaris 9 kernel by calling fstat with a specific argument, causing a system panic.
- 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-2009-1673?
CVE-2009-1673 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 18 May 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The kernel in Sun Solaris 9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by calling fstat with a first argument of AT_FDCWD.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1673?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-1673?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1673 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-2009-1673 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1673 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x39g-q2m2-cf8j.