CVE-2008-5009
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 0.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- EPSS score
- 0.2% (13th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4988)
- Published
- November 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4988 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / solstice x.25
- sun / solstice x.25
- sun / sunos
- sun / sunos
- sun / sunos
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32667
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021156
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108669-21-1(Patch)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108670-21-1(Patch)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243106-1(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32215
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3087
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46466
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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