HIGH
The TCP implementation in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and new connection timeouts) via a TCP SYN flood attack
Published May 9, 2008
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.64%
Description
The TCP implementation in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and new connection timeouts) via a TCP SYN flood attack.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.64% 0.02639
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02639
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.64% (0.02639) | 85.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.29% (0.02292) | 80.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 3.38% (0.03380) | 87.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.30% (0.02300) | 83.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 13, 2025 | 5.51% (0.05506) | 93.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 27, 2024 | 6.88% (0.06878) | 93.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.79% (0.03789) | 92.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 15, 2024 | 4.37% (0.04366) | 92.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 6, 2023 | 4.05% (0.04049) | 90.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.76% (0.03761) | 90.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30125 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30131 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-200864-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-206.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29089 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019989 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1453/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1585/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42264 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30125 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30131 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-200864-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT | |
| http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-206.htm | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29089 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019989 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1453/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1585/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42264 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 9, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 9, 2008
Link CVE-2008-2121
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a