First published: Thu Aug 27 2009(Updated: )
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."
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Oracle Solaris SPARC | =8 | |
Oracle Solaris SPARC | =9 | |
Oracle Solaris SPARC | =9 | |
Oracle Solaris SPARC | =8 |
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CVE-2009-2972 has a severity level classified as high due to its potential to cause denial of service.
To fix CVE-2009-2972, it is recommended to upgrade to a patched version of Solaris that addresses this vulnerability.
CVE-2009-2972 affects Sun Solaris versions 8 and 9 on both SPARC and x86 architectures.
CVE-2009-2972 enables remote attackers to perform a denial of service attack through a fork()/exec() bomb.
Yes, the print service in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 is vulnerable to CVE-2009-2972.