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Sun Solaris ypserv Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA21047
Release Date: 2006-07-14
Last Update: 2006-07-20
Popularity: 7,074 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-3664


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Solaris, which may be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in ypserv, which can be exploited by malicious users to prevent the NIS server from responding to client NIS requests.

Solution:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 8:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109328-06-1

Solaris 9:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-113579-09-1

Solaris 10:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-123186-01-1

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 8:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109329-06-1

Solaris 9:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114342-09-1

Solaris 10:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-122078-02-1

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2006-07-20: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102462-1


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