CVE-2009-4190 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service panic in the Sun OpenSolaris kernel via unspecified vectors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-4190?
CVE-2009-4190 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 3 Dec 2009. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel in Sun OpenSolaris 2009.06 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by the vd_solaris2 module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.12. NOTE: as of 20091203, this disclosure has no actionable information. However, because the VulnDisco Pack author is a reliable researcher, the issue is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4190?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Opensolaris.
How do I fix CVE-2009-4190?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-4190 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-2009-4190 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4190 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fc4p-683j-c929.