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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 27, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2009-2972

CVE-2009-2972

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."

Affected products

5
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 8 and 9

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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