CVE-2009-0480 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-0480

The IP implementation in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

opensolaris, solaris
Vulnerable Versions:
0, snv_01, snv_02, snv_03, snv_04, snv_05, snv_06, snv_07, snv_08, snv_09, snv_10, snv_11, snv_12, snv_13, snv_14, snv_15, snv_16, snv_17, snv_18, snv_19, snv_20, snv_21, snv_22, snv_23, snv_24, snv_25, snv_26, snv_27, snv_28, snv_29, snv_30, snv_31, snv_32, snv_33, snv_34, snv_35, snv_36, snv_37, snv_38, snv_39, snv_40, snv_41, snv_42, snv_43, snv_44, snv_45, snv_46, snv_47, snv_48, snv_49, snv_50, snv_51, snv_52, snv_53, snv_54, snv_55, snv_56, snv_57, snv_58, snv_59, snv_60, snv_61, snv_62, snv_63, snv_64, snv_65, snv_66, snv_67, snv_68, snv_69, snv_70, snv_71, snv_72, snv_73, snv_74, snv_75, snv_76, snv_77, snv_78, snv_79, snv_80, 8, 9, 10

Timeline

Official Publish: February 9th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.