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TITLE:
Sun Solaris Auditing Extended File Attributes Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35980

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35980/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability is 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 Solaris
Auditing when handling extended file attributes, which can be
exploited to cause a system panic.

Successful exploitation requires that Solaris Auditing is enabled.

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

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 122300-39 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-122300-39-1

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 140921-01 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-140921-01-1

OpenSolaris:
Fixed in build snv_121 or later.

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 122301-39 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-122301-39-1

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 140922-01 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-140922-01-1

OpenSolaris:
Fixed in build snv_121 or later.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264428-1

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