CVE-2008-5009

Published: Nov 10, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

4.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.9 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

Race condition in the s_xout kernel module in Sun Solstice X.25 9.2, when running on a multiple CPU machine, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors involving reading the /dev/xty file.

Affected (2)

Products: Sun: Solstice X.25

Sun

1 product

Solstice X.25

Configuration A

2 vulnerable · 3 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Sun Solstice X.25	Version 9.2 unknown
Sun Solstice X.25	Version 9.2 unknown

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Sun Sunos	Version 5.10
Sun Sunos	Version 5.8
Sun Sunos	Version 5.9

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 (16)

http://secunia.com/advisories/32667

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021156

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108669-21-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108670-21-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243106-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32215

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3087

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46466

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/32667