Vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris
CVE-2009-0268
Race condition in the pseudo-terminal (aka pty) driver module in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_103, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors related to lack of "properly sequenced code" in ptc and ptsl.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (17.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sun Opensolaris — versions snv_01, snv_02, snv_03
- Sun Solaris — versions 8, 9, 10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-034.htm
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/33406 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6061 (signature, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48179 (vdb-entry)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/33708 (third-party-advisory)