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Sun Solaris "syslog" Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22083
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Release Date:
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2006-09-26
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Last Update:
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2006-09-29
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Popularity:
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7,503 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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Partial Fix
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| OS: | Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-5012
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported 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 unspecified error, which can be exploited to disable the syslog function.
The vulnerability affects Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 for both the x86 and SPARC platform.
Solution:
Apply patches.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 117350-38 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-117350-38-1
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 118558-29 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118558-29-1
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 118833-19 or later.
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 117351-38 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-117351-38-1
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 118559-29 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118559-29-1
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 118855-16 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2006-09-29: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102510-1
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