CVE-2008-5009

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race condition in the s_xout kernel module in Sun Solstice X.25 9.2, when running on a multiple CPU machine, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors involving reading the /dev/xty file.

Affected products

Sun Solstice X.25: 9.2-unknown

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32667
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021156
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108669-21-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108670-21-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243106-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32215
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3087
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46466
http://secunia.com/advisories/32667
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021156
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108669-21-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108670-21-1

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