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TITLE:
Sun Solaris Sockets Direct Protocol Driver Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37249

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37249/

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 error in the Sockets Direct
Protocol (SDP) driver (sdp(7D)) and can be exploited to exhaust all
available kernel memory.

NOTE: Applications bundled with Solaris are reportedly not affected.

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris on both
the SPARC and x86 platforms.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 141444-09 or later.

OpenSolaris:
Fixed in builds snv_95 and later.

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 141445-09 or later.

OpenSolaris:
Fixed in builds snv_95 and later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264730-1

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