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Sun Solaris SCTP Denial of Service Weaknesses
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA17198
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Release Date:
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2005-10-14
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Popularity:
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7,949 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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Description:
Some weaknesses have been reported in Solaris, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The weaknesses are caused due to unspecified errors in the SCTP socket option processing. This may be exploited to panic a vulnerable system.
The weaknesses have been reported in Solaris 10 on SPARC and x86 architectures.
Solution:
Apply patches.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 119075-09 or later.
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 119076-08 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101881-1
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