CVE-2009-0838

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0838
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-06 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe crypto pseudo device driver in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_88 through snv_102, does not properly free memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, related to the vmem_hash_delete function.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_100 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_100 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_101 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_101 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_101b All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_102 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_102 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_88 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_88 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_88 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_89 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_89 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_89 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_90 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_90 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_90 x86 All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_91 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_91 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_91 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_92 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_92 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_92 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_93 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_93 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_93 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_94 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_94 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_94 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_95 All All All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_95 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_95 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_96 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_96 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_97 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_97 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_98 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_98 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_99 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Opensolaris snv_99 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.10 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Sun Solaris Crypto Driver Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
ASA-2009-097 (SUN 254088) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Sun Solaris Crypto Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Solaris Crypto Driver Memory Free Bug Lets Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Avaya CMS Solaris Crypto Pseudo Device Driver Denial of Service - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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