CVE-2009-2644 Race condition in n/a
Local attackers can cause a system panic in Solaris via a race condition in the auditing subsystem when extended file attributes are enabled.
- 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-2009-2644?
CVE-2009-2644 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 29 Jul 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Race condition in the Solaris Auditing subsystem in Sun Solaris 9 and 10 and OpenSolaris before snv_121, when extended file attributes are used, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors related to "pathnames for invalid fds."
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2644?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2644?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2644 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2009-2644 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2644 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7c58-65v4-hw6h.