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
5cpe: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
6- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdPatch
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36148nvdPatch
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2417nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/36445nvdVendor Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6225nvd
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