National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5009

Overview

Race condition in the s_xout kernel module in Sun Solstice X.25 9.2, when running on a multiple CPU machine, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors involving reading the /dev/xty file.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108670-21-1

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108670-21-1

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108669-21-1

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108669-21-1

External Source: XF

Name: sun-solstice-x25-dos(46466)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46466

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-3087

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3087

External Source: BID

Name: 32215

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32215

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 243106

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243106-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021156

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1021156

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32667

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32667