HIGH
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."
Published Aug 27, 2009
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.85%
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."
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.
2.85% 0.02853
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02853
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.85% (0.02853) | 86.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.85% (0.02853) | 84.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.52% (0.01517) | 79.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.51% (0.02507) | 90.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.51% (0.02507) | 88.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36445 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109320-23-1 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264608-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36148 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2417 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6225 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/36445 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109320-23-1 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264608-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36148 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2417 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6225 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 27, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 27, 2009
Link CVE-2009-2972
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a