Race condition in the Doors subsystem in the kernel in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_94, allows local users to cause a denial of service (process hang), or possibly bypass file permissions or gain kernel-context privileges, via vectors involving the time at which control is transferred from a caller to a door server.
The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021840 | vdb entry |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-242486-1 | patch vendor advisory |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-117350-61-1 | patch vendor advisory |
| http://osvdb.org/52561 | vdb entry |
| http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-095.htm | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0673 | vdb entry |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34227 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0766 | vdb entry |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34375 | third party advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34081 | vdb entry |