Sun Solaris automountd Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Sun Solaris automountd Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA15323	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2005-05-11
Last Update:	2005-05-17
Popularity:	7,344 views

Critical:	Not critical
Impact:	DoS
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Sun Solaris 7 Sun Solaris 8 Sun Solaris 9

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CVE reference:	CVE-2005-1518

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 and can be exploited to stop automountd by accessing "/xfn/_x500". Solution: Apply patches. -- SPARC Platform -- Solaris 7: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-119423-01-1 Solaris 8: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-116997-01-1 Solaris 9: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-117485-01-1 -- x86 Platform -- Solaris 7: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-119424-01-1 Solaris 8: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-116998-01-1 Solaris 9: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-117486-01-1 Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by vendor. Changelog: 2005-05-17: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57786-1

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