CVE-2009-2187 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause a denial of service via memory leaks in the Solaris kernel's IP and IPv6 multicast implementation.
- 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-2009-2187?
CVE-2009-2187 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 24 Jun 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple memory leaks in the (1) IP and (2) IPv6 multicast implementation in the kernel in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_67 through snv_93, allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors related to the association of (a) DL_ENABMULTI_REQ and (b) DL_DISABMULTI_REQ messages with ARP messages.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2187?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2187?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2187 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-2009-2187 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2187 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q4v2-h6h4-cgv4.