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CVE-2009-2857

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Published: Aug 19, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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5.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

The kernel in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_103, does not properly handle interaction between the filesystem and virtual-memory implementations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system halt) via vectors involving mmap and write operations on the same file.

Affected (4)

Oracle
2 products
Opensolaris
Solaris
Configuration A
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Opensolaris
Before snv_103
Oracle
Solaris
Version 10
Solaris
Version 8
Solaris
Version 9

Related CWEs

CWE-667
Improper Locking
The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

References (10)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken LinkPatch
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken LinkPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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