CVE-2008-2121 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

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.

The EPSS score is 0.02977.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sun Subscribe	Sunos Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.10:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-2118	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/30125
http://secunia.com/advisories/30131
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-200864-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-206.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29089
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019989
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1453/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1585/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42264

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-05-09T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:49:58.907Z

Reserved: 2008-05-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-2121

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-05-09T15:20:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-2121

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-16

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