CVE-2009-2952 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 24 Aug 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a system panic in Sun Solaris via the pollwakeup function, resulting in denial of service.

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-2009-2952?

CVE-2009-2952 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 24 Aug 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the pollwakeup function in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_51, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2952?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2952?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2952 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-2009-2952 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2952 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-2mwr-5rv2-5mxh.