# CVE-2009-2282: Missing authorization in n/a

> Local control-domain users can gain guest-domain privileges due to missing authorization checks in the Virtual Network Terminal Server daemon.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Jul 2009
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pgp4-m4pc-4jr6

## What is CVE-2009-2282?

CVE-2009-2282 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 1 Jul 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Virtual Network Terminal Server daemon (vntsd) for Logical Domains (aka LDoms) in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_41 through snv_108, on SPARC platforms does not check authorization for guest console access, which allows local control-domain users to gain guest-domain privileges via unknown vectors.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2282?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Oracle Opensolaris, Oracle Solaris.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-2282?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2282 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2009-2282 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2282 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris

- [CVE-2010-3578](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3578/): Other in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2010-0083](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0083/): Other in n/a (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2010-0882](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0882/): Other in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2010-3577](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3577/): Other in n/a (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2010-3503](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3503/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-2282 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-2282 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 1 Jul 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2282 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Solaris. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2282/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2282/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2282
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2282
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-2282

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