VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-2972

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-08-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

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."

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