CVE-2008-2121 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the TCP implementation of Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by initiating a TCP SYN flood, leading to high CPU consumption and new connection timeouts on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete impact on availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.