Vulnerability in Oracle Opensolaris
CVE-2009-2857
The kernel in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_103, does not properly handle interaction between the filesystem and virtual-memory implementations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system halt) via vectors involving mmap and write operations on the same file.
EPSS: 0.003 (18.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Oracle Opensolaris
- Oracle Solaris — versions 8, 9, 10
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_SUNALERT, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Broken Link, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-2857?
- CVE-2009-2857 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Opensolaris, classified under Improper Locking. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2009-08-19.
- How severe is CVE-2009-2857?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.