CVE-2008-5111

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the socket function in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_57 through snv_91, when InfiniBand hardware is not installed, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors, related to the socksdpv_close function.

Affected products

Sun Opensolaris: snv_57, snv_58, snv_59, snv_60, snv_61, snv_62 (+29)
Sun Solaris: 10-_nil_

References

http://osvdb.org/49854
http://secunia.com/advisories/32611
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021231
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242806-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32296
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46611
http://osvdb.org/49854
http://secunia.com/advisories/32611
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021231
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242806-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32296
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46611

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