CVE-2009-1673

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1673
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-18 18:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

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: NVD-CWE-noinfo | 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 Solaris 9 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9 All x86 All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
#257988: Security Vulnerability in Solaris 9 fstat(2) System Call May Lead to a System Panic, Resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Avaya CMS Solaris "fstat()" System Call Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Patch
osvdb.org/54464 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
ASA-2009-188 (SUN 257988) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Sun Solaris "fstat()" System Call Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Sun Solaris 9 'fstat(2)' System Call Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.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
Solaris fstat() Bug Lets Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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