CVE-2008-0933 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple race conditions in the CPU Performance Counters (cpc) subsystem in the kernel in Sun Solaris 10 allow local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors related to kcpc_unbind and kcpc_restore.

Published: 2008-02-25

Score: 4.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0::x86_sparc:::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-0940	Multiple race conditions in the CPU Performance Counters (cpc) subsystem in the kernel in Sun Solaris 10 allow local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors related to kcpc_unbind and kcpc_restore.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00048.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/29052
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231466-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27941
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019490
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0642
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5476

History

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Subscriptions

Sun Solaris

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-02-25T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:01:40.091Z

Reserved: 2008-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0933

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-25T18:44:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-0933

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-362

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