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TITLE:
Sun Solaris mod_perl Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33720

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33720/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

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

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

For more information:
SA24678

NOTE: This vulnerability only affects systems running the Apache web
server version 1.3 that make use of the mod_perl(3) (PerlRun.pm)
component.

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

SOLUTION:
Ensure that the mod_perl(3) (PerlRun.pm) component is not configured
in the Apache 1.3 configuration file.

A final resolution is pending completion.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-248386-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24678:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24678/

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