CVE-2009-2135 Race condition in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 19 Jun 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a system panic in Solaris via race conditions in the Event Port API, requiring OS patches.

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-2009-2135?

CVE-2009-2135 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 19 Jun 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple race conditions in the Solaris Event Port API in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris before snv_107 allow local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors related to a race between the port_dissociate and close functions.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2135?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2135?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2135 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2009-2135 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2135 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Sun Opensolaris vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hjcv-v2w7-c97p.