CVE-2009-2972
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—
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."
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.85%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 86
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-399
Referencias
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36445
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109320-23-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264608-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36148
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2417
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6225
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36445
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109320-23-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264608-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36148
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2417
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6225
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