CVE-2009-4774 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published 21 Apr 2010 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Local users can cause a system panic in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris when using 64-bit mode with Linux branded zones.

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-2009-4774?

CVE-2009-4774 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 21 Apr 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_49 through snv_117, when 64bit mode is used on the Intel x86 platform and a Linux (lx) branded zone is configured, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-6225.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4774?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2009-4774?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-4774 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-2009-4774 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4774 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-7p74-p77x-9c68.