PT-2009-5262 · Sun · Sun Solaris+1

Published 2009-08-20 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2009-2912

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Sun Solaris versions 8 through 10 OpenSolaris versions prior to snv 110

Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system panic. This is related to vectors involving vnode function calls in the sendfile and sendfilev functions.

Recommendations: For Sun Solaris versions 8 through 10, consider applying configuration changes to restrict access to the sendfile and sendfilev functions until a patch is available. For OpenSolaris versions prior to snv 110, update to a version after snv 110 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2912

Affected Products

Opensolaris

Sun Solaris

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2912 · Security Note
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-127721-02-1 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36400 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-258588-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2316 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020445.1-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/36083 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5692 · Note