Sun Solaris 9 fstat first denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun Solaris 9. Impacted is the function fstat. This manipulation of the argument first causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-1673. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 9 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function fstat. The manipulation of the argument first with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The kernel in Sun Solaris 9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by calling fstat with a first argument of AT_FDCWD.

The bug was discovered 05/14/2009. The weakness was shared 05/14/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-1673 since 05/18/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24858 (Solaris 9 (sparc) : 122300-61), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116427 (Sun Solaris "fstat()" System Call Denial of Service Vulnerability (1020420.1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50557), Tenable (24858), SecurityFocus (BID 34979†), OSVDB (54464†) and Secunia (SA35103†). The entries VDB-3290, VDB-3337, VDB-4565 and VDB-5246 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 24858
Nessus Name: Solaris 9 (sparc) : 122300-61
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1673 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1673
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48229

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X-Force: 50557
SecurityFocus: 34979 - Sun Solaris 9 'fstat(2)' System Call Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 35103
OSVDB: 54464 - Solaris Kernel fstat() Function System Call Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1022232
Vulnerability Center: 22116 - Sun Solaris 9 FSTAT System Call Local DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1315

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 04/13/2025 11:32
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (81), 09/04/2019 15:27 (2), 04/13/2025 11:32 (18)
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