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Secunia Advisory SA32582

Sun SPARC System Firmware Unauthorised Data Access
Secunia Advisory SA32582
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Release Date 2008-11-07
Last Update 2008-11-11
   
Popularity 3,604 views
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Criticality level Not criticalNot critical
Impact Security Bypass
Where Local system
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
   
Operating System
Sun System Firmware (SysFW) 6.x
Sun System Firmware (SysFW) 7.x

Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2008-4992 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in Sun System Firmware, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the firmware for certain Sun SPARC systems, which can be exploited by privileged users to access memory in another logical domain.

The vulnerability affects systems using the Sun UltraSPARC T1, UltraSPARC T2, and UltraSPARC T2+ processors.

The vulnerability is reported in the following products and firmware versions:
* Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140/T5240 running Sun System Firmware 7.1.3.d or 7.1.3.e
* Sun Netra T5220 running Sun System Firmware 7.1.3
* Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 running Sun System Firmware 7.1.3.d or 7.1.3.e
* Sun Blade T6320 running Sun System Firmware 7.1.3.d or 7.1.3.e
* Sun Fire / SPARC Enterprise T2000 running Sun System Firmware 6.6.3, 6.6.4 or 6.6.5
* Sun Fire / SPARC Enterprise T1000 running Sun System Firmware 6.6.3, 6.6.4 or 6.6.5
* Sun Netra T2000 running Sun System Firmware 6.6.3, 6.6.4 or 6.6.5
* Sun Netra CP3060 running Sun System Firmware 6.6.3, 6.6.4 or 6.6.5
* Sun Blade T6300 running Sun System Firmware 6.6.3, 6.6.4 or 6.6.5


Solution
Update to fixed versions.
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Original Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-244826-1

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