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Sun Solaris UFS File System Denial Of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22714
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Release Date:
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2006-11-06
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Last Update:
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2006-11-08
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Popularity:
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9,089 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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Unpatched
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| OS: | Sun Solaris 10
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-5726
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Description:
LMH has reported a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an improper handling of corrupted data structures in the UFS file system. This can be exploited to crash the system or corrupt the file system by mounting a specially crafted file system image.
The vulnerability has been reported in Solaris 10. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Do not mount untrusted file systems.
Provided and/or discovered by:
LMH
Changelog:
2006-11-08: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-04-11-2006.html
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