VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-0480

CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-02-09
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

The IP implementation in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_82, uses an improper arena when allocating minor numbers for sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (32-bit application failure and login outage) by opening a large number of sockets.

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