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Medium severity · published Aug 19, 2009
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…
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Opensolaris · Oracle
before snv_103 · source: NVD
SO
Solaris · Oracle
8; 9; 10 · source: NVD
Affected product
OP
Opensolaris
Oracle
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2857
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2857
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36319
Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-127721-02-1
Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-257848-1
Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2291
Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6152
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