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TITLE:
Sun Solaris Unspecified Local Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23187

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23187/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 8
http://secunia.com/product/94/
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/

DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability 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 race condition
within the kernel, which can be exploited to cause a kernel panic.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patches 117350-40 or later, 123703-01 or later, and 116959-15
or later

Solaris 9:
Apply patches 118558-30 or later, 117125-03 or later, 121316-02 or
later, and 113278-14 or later

Solaris 10:
Apply patches 120661-03 or later and 118822-19 or later

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patches 117351-40 or later, 123704-01 or later, and 116960-15
or later

Solaris 9:
Apply patches 118559-30 or later, 120884-02 or later, 121317-02 or
later, and 119439-06 or later

Solaris 10:
Apply patches 120662-04 or later and 118844-19 or later

Note: Solaris 8 patch 123703-01 has been accumulated into 117350-41
and 123704-01 has been accumulated into 117351-41.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102574-1

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