First published: Mon May 18 2009(Updated: )
The kernel in Sun Solaris 9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by calling fstat with a first argument of AT_FDCWD.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Oracle Solaris SPARC | =9 | |
Oracle Solaris SPARC | =9 |
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CVE-2009-1673 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service.
To fix CVE-2009-1673, it is recommended to apply the latest patches provided by Oracle for Solaris 9.
CVE-2009-1673 affects local users on systems running Oracle Solaris 9 on both SPARC and x86 architectures.
CVE-2009-1673 enables a local denial of service attack that can cause system panic.
CVE-2009-1673 is a local vulnerability that requires local access to the system to exploit.