Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-1589 - Denial Of Service vulnerability in Sun Solaris 8 KMEM_FLAGS Kernel Parameter

047910
CVSS 2.1 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
sun

Summary

Unknown vulnerability in Solaris 8, when the 0x02 bit (aka TEST, KMF_DEADBEEF, or deadbeef) is set in the kmem_flags kernel parameter, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system panic).

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Sun
2