CVE-2009-0870

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-03-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The NFSv4 Server module in the kernel in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_111, allow local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system hang) by accessing an hsfs filesystem that is shared through NFSv4, related to the rfs4_op_readdir function.

Affected products

Sun Opensolaris: snv_01, snv_02, snv_03, snv_04, snv_05, snv_06 (+104)
Sun Solaris: 10.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/34193
http://secunia.com/advisories/34371
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021819
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139462-02-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-252469-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-090.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34031
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0635
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0765
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49133
http://secunia.com/advisories/34193
http://secunia.com/advisories/34371

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