CVE-2009-0874

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 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: 2009-03-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Doors subsystem in the kernel in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_94, allow local users to cause a denial of service (process hang), or possibly bypass file permissions or gain kernel-context privileges, via vectors including ones related to (1) an argument handling deadlock in a door server and (2) watchpoint problems in the door_call function.

Affected products

Sun Opensolaris: through snv_93; snv_01, snv_02, snv_03, snv_04, snv_05, snv_06 (+86)
Sun Solaris: 8, 9, 10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/34227
http://secunia.com/advisories/34375
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-117350-61-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-242486-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-095.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34081
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021840
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0673
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0766
http://secunia.com/advisories/34227
http://secunia.com/advisories/34375
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-117350-61-1

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