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CVE-2008-2090

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

Unspecified vulnerability in the SCTP protocol implementation in Sun Solaris 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and network traffic amplification) via a crafted SCTP packet.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

SUN — Solaris

CWEs

References

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