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TITLE:
Sun Solaris IP-in-IP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33727

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33727/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
Local system

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

DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability 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 when
processing IP-in-IP packets and can be exploited to cause a system
panic.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 114344-38 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 138888-03 or later.

OpenSolaris:
Fixed in build snv_86.

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 119435-26 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 138889-03 or later.

OpenSolaris:
Fixed in build snv_86.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Evgeny Sonyagin.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240086-1

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