fkie_cve-2009-2972
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2009-08-27 17:30
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/36445Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109320-23-1Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264608-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36148Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2417Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6225
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36445Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109320-23-1Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264608-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36148Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2417Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6225
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sun solaris 8
sun solaris 8
sun solaris 9
sun solaris 9


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