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Sun Solaris "/net" Mount Point Local Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21131
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Release Date:
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2006-07-20
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Last Update:
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2006-07-28
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Popularity:
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10,222 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
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3783
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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 handling of the "/net" mount point (or similarly configured mount points using the "-hosts" special map) and can be exploited to crash the system.
Successful exploitation requires that the system has the autofs service enabled and a "-hosts" entry in the "/etc/auto_master" file.
Solution:
Apply patches.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 118833-11 or later.
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 118855-08 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2006-07-28: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102286-1
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