CVE-2008-0933

Published: Feb 25, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

4.7

Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

Multiple race conditions in the CPU Performance Counters (cpc) subsystem in the kernel in Sun Solaris 10 allow local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors related to kcpc_unbind and kcpc_restore.

Affected (3)

Products: Sun: Solaris

Sun

1 product

Solaris

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Sun Solaris	Version 10.0
Sun Solaris	Version 10.0
Sun Solaris	Version 10.0

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (12)

http://secunia.com/advisories/29052

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231466-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitPatch

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27941

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019490

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0642

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5476

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/29052