| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun OpenSolaris Snv 85. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2009-0923. No exploit is available.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Sun OpenSolaris Snv 85 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in Kerberos Incremental Propagation in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_110 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of incremental propagation requests to slave KDC servers) via unknown vectors related to the master Key Distribution Center (KDC) server.
The bug was discovered 03/16/2009. The weakness was published 03/17/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0923 since 03/17/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116302 (Sun Solaris Kerberos Denial of Service Vulnerability (1019965.1)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49276), SecurityFocus (BID 34139†), OSVDB (52971†), Secunia (SA34298†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021851†). Similar entries are available at VDB-47168, VDB-47167 and VDB-47166. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
Product
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Support
- end of life (old version)
Website
- Vendor: https://www.oracle.com/sun/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1
VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.1
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0923 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0923
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47165
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X-Force: 49276
SecurityFocus: 34139 - Sun Solaris Kerberos Incremental Propagation Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 34298 - Sun Solaris Kerberos Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 52971 - Sun - Solaris - Kerberos Incremental Propagation Remote Denial Of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021851
Vulnerability Center: 21308 - Sun Solaris 10 and Sun OpenSolaris snv_110 and Prior Kerberos Remote DoS Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2009-0741
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 23:38Updated: 04/20/2025 00:08
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (71), 08/30/2019 20:18 (3), 04/20/2025 00:08 (18)
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