CVE-2009-2136 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a system panic in Solaris using Cassini Ethernet adapters by sending jumbo frames, requiring specific hardware configuration.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-2136?
CVE-2009-2136 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 19 Jun 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the TCP/IP networking stack in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_82 and snv_111 through snv_117, when a Cassini GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter (aka CE) interface is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors involving jumbo frames.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2136?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2136?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2136 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-2009-2136 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2136 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vpj9-m787-q4mc.