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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (16.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 16.7% 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
- Oracle Opensolaris
- Oracle Solaris — versions 8, 9, 10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2291 (vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (Patch, Broken Link)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/36319 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6152 (Broken Link, signature, 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.