# CVE-2009-2297: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a system panic in Solaris kernel UDP subsystem when Trusted Extensions are enabled, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jul 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-99jc-c7x2-j288

## What is CVE-2009-2297?

CVE-2009-2297 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 2 Jul 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the udp subsystem in the kernel in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_90 through snv_108, when Solaris Trusted Extensions is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors involving the crgetlabel function, related to a "TX panic." NOTE: this issue exists because of a regression in earlier kernel patches.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2297?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-2297?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2297 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2009-2297 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2297 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris

- [CVE-2009-2296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2296/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-5010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5010/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-0964](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0964/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2008-0965](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0965/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2008-7300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-7300/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-2297 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-2297 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 2 Jul 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2297 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sun Opensolaris. 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-2009-2297/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2297/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2297
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2297
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-2297

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.