CVE-2009-3164 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a system panic in Solaris using Cassini adapters via jumbo frames, requiring specific hardware configuration.
- 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-2009-3164?
CVE-2009-3164 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 10 Sep 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the IPv6 networking stack in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_82 and snv_111 through snv_122, when a Cassini GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter (aka CE) interface is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors involving jumbo frames. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-2136.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3164?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3164?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3164 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-2009-3164 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3164 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-26gg-4hm3-4xgm.