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TITLE:
Sun Solaris "rpc.metad" Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29418

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in "rpc.metad" within the
processing of rpc requests. This can be exploited to crash the
daemon.

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 10.

SOLUTION:
Restrict network access to the service.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Kingcope

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5258

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