CVE-2008-2121

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-05-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

The TCP implementation in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and new connection timeouts) via a TCP SYN flood attack.

Affected products

Sunos: 5.8, 5.9, 5.10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30125
http://secunia.com/advisories/30131
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-200864-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-206.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29089
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019989
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1453/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1585/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42264
http://secunia.com/advisories/30125
http://secunia.com/advisories/30131
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-200864-1

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