VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-0268

CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-01-26
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

Race condition in the pseudo-terminal (aka pty) driver module in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_103, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors related to lack of "properly sequenced code" in ptc and ptsl.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Primary references