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Sun Solaris Kernel Debugger Local Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA21133
Release Date: 2006-07-20
Last Update: 2006-07-28
Popularity: 6,585 views

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

OS:Sun Solaris 10

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-3782


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 when the kernel debugger (kmdb) is loaded.

Successful exploitation causes the system to hang.

The vulnerability has been reported in Solaris 10 systems on the x86 platform.

Solution:
Apply patch:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118855-15-1

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

Changelog:
2006-07-28: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102512-1


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