CVE-2009-4075

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-11-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the timeout mechanism in sshd in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_99 through snv_123, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via unknown vectors that trigger a "dangling sshd authentication thread."

Affected products

Sun Opensolaris: snv_99, snv_100, snv_101, snv_102, snv_103, snv_104 (+19)
Sun Solaris: 10

References

http://osvdb.org/60498
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-143140-01-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-272629-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37116
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3333
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54401
http://osvdb.org/60498
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-143140-01-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-272629-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37116
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3333
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54401

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