CVE-2009-2972

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.8/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/36445Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109320-23-1Patch
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264608-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36148Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2417Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6225
http://secunia.com/advisories/36445Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109320-23-1Patch
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264608-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36148Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2417Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6225

Timeline

Published: Aug 27, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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