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Resource Management Errors

CVE-2009-0874

Medium
4.9/10

Summary

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Doors subsystem in the kernel in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_94, allow local users to cause a denial of service (process hang), or possibly bypass file permissions or gain kernel-context privileges, via vectors including ones related to (1) an argument handling deadlock in a door server and (2) watchpoint problems in the door_call function.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Resource management errors is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to improper management of system resources. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category can lead to unexpected software behavior, loss of access, file modification, sensitive information disclosure, system crash, denial of service, and code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published