Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 19, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2009-2857
CVE-2009-2857
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 products
4cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
5- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdBroken LinkPatch
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/36319nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2291nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6152nvdBroken Link
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