CVE-2009-0480
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The IP implementation in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_82, uses an improper arena when allocating minor numbers for sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (32-bit application failure and login outage) by opening a large number of sockets.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0484)
- Published
- February 9, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0484 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / opensolaris
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References
- http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/onnv-notify/2008-January/013262.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33751(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021653
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-116965-34-1(Patch)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-248026-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-042.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33550
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0364
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6038
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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