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Sun Solaris "aio_suspend()" Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA33516
Release Date: 2009-01-12
Last Update: 2009-01-19
Popularity: 2,516 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9

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Description:
Tobias Klein has reported 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 integer overflow error in the kernel when handling "SYS_kaio syscall()" requests, which can be exploited to cause a system panic.

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 for both the SPARC and x86 platforms.

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