CVE-2009-3937 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause kernel memory exhaustion and denial of service in Solaris TCP sockets via unspecified vectors involving ancillary data processing.
- 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-2009-3937?
CVE-2009-3937 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 13 Nov 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in Solaris TCP sockets in Sun OpenSolaris snv_106 through snv_126 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via unspecified vectors involving tcp_sendmsg processing "ancillary data."
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3937?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Opensolaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3937?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3937 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-2009-3937 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3937 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qmr9-j5w6-2742.