CVE-2009-2644 describes a race condition in the Solaris Auditing subsystem affecting Sun Solaris 9, 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_121, specifically when extended file attributes are in use. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by manipulating pathnames for invalid file descriptors, leading to a denial of service (system panic). The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the primary impact being system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
snv_01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
snv_01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_01:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
snv_01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_01:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
snv_02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
snv_02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_02:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.