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TITLE:
Sun Solaris IP Packet Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24857

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24857/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a flaw when processing certain IP
packets. This can be exploited to cause  increased CPU usage by
sending specially crafted IP packets to network services.

The vulnerability is reported in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 for both the
SPARC and x86 platforms.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 116965-26 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-116965-26-1

Solaris 9:
Apply patches 114344-25 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114344-25-1

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 116966-25 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-116966-25-1

Solaris 9:
Apply patches 119435-15 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-116966-25-1

NOTE: Under certain conditions, you may require extra patches. Please
see the vendor advisory for details.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102866-1

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