CVE-2009-2187

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-06-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Multiple memory leaks in the (1) IP and (2) IPv6 multicast implementation in the kernel in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_67 through snv_93, allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors related to the association of (a) DL_ENABMULTI_REQ and (b) DL_DISABMULTI_REQ messages with ARP messages.

Affected products

Sun Opensolaris: snv_67, snv_68, snv_69, snv_70, snv_71, snv_72 (+21)
Sun Solaris: 10.0

References

http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6709252
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6731600
http://secunia.com/advisories/35552
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141414-01-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-262408-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35474
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6709252
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6731600
http://secunia.com/advisories/35552
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141414-01-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-262408-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35474

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