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TITLE:
Sun Solaris "picld" Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31303

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31303/

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:
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
Solaris Platform Information and Control Library daemon (picld(1M)),
which can be exploited to disable system monitoring and prevent
system utilities (e.g. prtdiag(1M), prtpicl(1M), and prtfru(1M)) from
operating properly.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 112169-07 or later.

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 137400-01 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 138068-01 or later.

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 137401-01 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 138069-01 or later.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-239728-1

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