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Sun Solaris socket Local Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA32611
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Release Date:
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2008-11-14
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Last Update:
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2008-11-19
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Popularity:
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1,945 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Sun Solaris 10
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-5111
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the socket (3SOCKET) function, which can be exploited to cause a system panic.
The vulnerability is reported in Sun Solaris 10 for the SPARC platform (with patch 127127-11) and x86 platform (with patch 127128-11) on systems without InfiniBand hardware.
Solution:
Apply patches.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 137137-05 or later
OpenSolaris:
Fixed in build snv_92 or later.
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 137138-05 or later.
OpenSolaris:
Fixed in build snv_92 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2008-11-19: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-242806-1
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