CVE-2009-2972

N/A Unknown

Published: August 27, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

in.lpd in the print service in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors that trigger a "fork()/exec() bomb."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/36445

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109320-23-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264608-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36148

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2417

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6225

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/36445