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CVE-2008-5009
Race condition in the s_xout kernel module in Sun Solstice X.25 9.2, when running on a multiple CPU machine, allows local users to cause a…
Medium4.0EPSS 0.23%
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Description
Race condition in the s_xout kernel module in Sun Solstice X.25 9.2, when running on a multiple CPU machine, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors involving reading the /dev/xty file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 87% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108670-21-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32667 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 243106 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3087 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 32215 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1021156 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108669-21-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- sun-solstice-x25-dos(46466) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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