CVE-2008-5009 Information

Description

Race condition in the s_xout kernel module in Sun Solstice X.25 9.2 when running on a multiple CPU machine allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors involving reading the /dev/xty file.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/32667 http://securitytracker.com/id?1021156 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108669-21-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-108670-21-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243106-1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32215 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3087 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46466