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TITLE:
Sun Solaris Self Encapsulated IP Packets Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29783

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29783/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

REVISION:
1.1 originally posted 2008-04-11

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

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the
handling of self encapsulated IP packets and can be exploited to
crash an affected system.

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 for both the
SPARC and x86 platforms.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 116965-32 or later.

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 114344-34 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 127111-11 or later.


-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 116966-31 or later.

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 119435-22 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 127112-11 or later.

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

CHANGELOG:
2008-04-15: Added CVE reference.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-235901-1

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