CVE-2009-2596

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: 2009-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Solaris Auditing subsystem in Sun Solaris 9 and 10 and OpenSolaris before snv_121, when extended file attributes are used, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors related to fad_aupath structure members.

Affected products

Sun Opensolaris: snv_01, snv_02, snv_03, snv_04, snv_05, snv_06 (+113)
Sun Solaris: 10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/35980
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-122300-39-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264428-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35787
http://secunia.com/advisories/35980
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-122300-39-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264428-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35787

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