CVE-2009-2972 (GCVE-0-2009-2972)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-27 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:07
VLAI
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36148 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/36445 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2417 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Date Public
2009-08-25 00:00
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