CVE-2008-2121 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2008-05-09

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 2.6% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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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Remediation

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Tracking

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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.

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 0.02639.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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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Subscriptions

Sun Sunos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-05-09T15:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2008-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2121

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:53:08.620

Link: CVE-2008-2121

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-16

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