CVE-2009-4080 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 27 Nov 2009 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Local attackers can crash the Solaris LDAP client configuration cache daemon via specific attribute vectors, causing a 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-2009-4080?

CVE-2009-4080 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 27 Nov 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in ldap_cachemgr (aka the LDAP client configuration cache daemon) in Sun Solaris 9 and 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_78, allow local users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via vectors involving multiple serviceSearchDescriptor attributes and a call to the getldap_lookup function, and unspecified other vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4080?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2009-4080?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-4080 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-2009-4080 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4080 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-fqf7-26j8-3647.