CVE-2009-2972 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Sun Solaris print service via a fork/exec bomb, requiring vendor patches.
- 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-2009-2972?
CVE-2009-2972 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 27 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
in.lpd in the print service in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors that trigger a "fork()/exec() bomb."
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2972?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2972?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2972 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-2009-2972 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2972 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-32ch-hx5j-xxhq.