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Solaris IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22103
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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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6,290 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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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-2006-5013
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when processing certain IPv6 packets. This can be exploited to cause a system panic by sending specially crafted IPv6 packets to an affected system.
The vulnerability affects Sun Solaris 10 for the x86 platform with IPv6 enabled.
Solution:
Disable IPv6 or 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=1-26-102568-1
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