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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/onnv-notify/2008-January/013262.html ↗
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-042.htm ↗
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-116965-34-1 ↗
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-248026-1 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33550 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0364 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6038 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33751 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021653 ↗