CVE-2009-2972 (GCVE-0-2009-2972)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-27 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2417 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
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Date Public
2009-08-25 00:00
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