CVE-2008-0933

Solaris 10 - Denial of Service via CPU Performance Counters Race Condition

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29052
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5476
Exploit, Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231466-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019490
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27941
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0642

Scores

EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (1)
sun/solaris 10.0 (3 CPE variants)
Published Feb 25, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026