CVE-2009-2029 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service in the Sun Solaris NIS+ daemon via unspecified vectors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-2029?
CVE-2009-2029 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 11 Jun 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in rpc.nisd in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_104, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NIS+ daemon hang) via unspecified vectors related to NIS+ callbacks.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2029?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2029?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2029 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-2009-2029 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2029 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cpxg-pwhg-4qqf.