CVE-2009-2972

high

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."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6225

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2417

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36148

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264608-1

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109320-23-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/36445

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-08-27

Updated: 2017-09-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H