Vulnerability in Sun Solaris
CVE-2009-2972
in.lpd in the print service in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors that trigger a "fork()/exec() bomb."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/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: 0.029 (86.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sun Solaris — versions 8, 9
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6225 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36148 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/36445 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2417 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)