VUPEN Security - Sun Solaris "pthread_mutex_reltimedlock_np" Denial of Service Issue / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Title : Sun Solaris "pthread_mutex_reltimedlock_np" Denial of Service Issue
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2312
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3549
CWE ID : CWE-400
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-08-06

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A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Solaris, which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error when using the "pthread_mutex_reltimedlock_np" API in a particular way, which could be exploited by a local unprivileged user or by an application to cause the system to hang or, if the deadman feature is enabled, to panic.

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2008-08-06 : Initial release

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