CVE-2009-2458 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a system panic and denial of service on specific Sun Fire servers with certain graphics cards and hardware levels.
- 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-2009-2458?
CVE-2009-2458 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Jul 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Fire V215 Server, when using XVR-100 graphic cards on system boards with part number 375-3463 and a hardware dash level -04 or later, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2458?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Sun Fire Server.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2458?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2458 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-2009-2458 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2458 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mrw3-g74m-r724.