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CVE-2009-2972
in.lpd in the print service in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via…
High7.8EPSS 2.9%
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- mitre
Description
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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% 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: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6225 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 36148 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109320-23-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36445 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2417 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 264608 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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