CVE-2009-3164

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the IPv6 networking stack in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_82 and snv_111 through snv_122, when a Cassini GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter (aka CE) interface is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors involving jumbo frames. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-2136.

Affected products

Sun Opensolaris: snv_01, snv_02, snv_03, snv_04, snv_05, snv_06 (+88)
Sun Solaris: 10.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/36616
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141414-10-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-265608-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020829.1-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2556
http://secunia.com/advisories/36616
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141414-10-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-265608-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020829.1-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2556

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