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Sun Solaris "/proc" Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19128
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Release Date:
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2006-03-06
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Last Update:
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2006-03-14
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Popularity:
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11,199 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-1092
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in 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 within the pagedata subsystem of the process file system "/proc". This can be exploited by an unprivileged user to cause the system to become unresponsive, and resulting in a DoS.
Solution:
Apply patches.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 117350-33 or later.
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 118558-22 or later.
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 118822-29 or later.
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 117351-33 or later.
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 118559-22 or later.
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 118844-29 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2006-03-14: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102159-1
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