Sun Solaris "sh" Process Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Sun Solaris "sh" Process Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA19627	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-04-12
Last Update:	2006-04-16
Popularity:	8,814 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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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-1780

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 in the Bourne shell when creating temporary files and can be exploited to crash "sh" processes on a system. Solution: Apply patches. -- SPARC Platform -- Solaris 8: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109324-09-1 Solaris 9: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118535-03-1 Solaris 10: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-121004-01-1 -- x86 Platform -- Solaris 8: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109325-09-1 Solaris 9: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118536-03-1 Solaris 10: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-121005-01-1 Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by the vendor. Changelog: 2006-04-16: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102282-1

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