Solaris 8 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability via kmem_flags Bit 0x02

CVE-2002-1589 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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).

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