The IP implementation in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_82, uses an improper arena when allocating minor numbers for sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (32-bit application failure and login outage) by opening a large number of sockets.

SunOS 5.9_x86: ip patch.
Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Mar/05/10

SunOS 5.9: arp, dlcosmk, ip, and ipgpc Pat.
Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Mar/05/10

SunOS 5.8_x86: ip/arp/tcp/udp/tun patch.
Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Jan/23/09

SunOS 5.8: ip/arp/tcp/udp/tun patch.
Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Jan/23/09

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
22249	Solaris 9 (x86) : 119435-29	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	high
15756	Solaris 9 (sparc) : 114344-43	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	high
15595	Solaris 8 (x86) : 116966-33	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	high
15593	Solaris 8 (sparc) : 116965-34	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2009-0480

medium

Tenable Plugins

high

high

high

high