CVE-2009-2486 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a system panic and denial of service in Sun Solaris via malicious SCTP packets.
- 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-2009-2486?
CVE-2009-2486 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 16 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 SCTP implementation in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_120, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified packets.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2486?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2486?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2486 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-2009-2486 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2486 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4wx8-8w53-w4xf.