CVE-2009-0268

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 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: 2009-01-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race condition in the pseudo-terminal (aka pty) driver module in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_103, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors related to lack of "properly sequenced code" in ptc and ptsl.

Affected products

Sun Opensolaris: through snv_102; snv_01, snv_02, snv_03, snv_04, snv_05, snv_06 (+95)
Sun Solaris: 8, 9, 10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33708
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-113685-07-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-249586-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-034.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33406
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021640
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48179
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6061
http://secunia.com/advisories/33708
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-113685-07-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-249586-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-034.htm

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