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Sun Solaris OpenSSL Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA22791
Release Date: 2006-11-10
Last Update: 2007-06-27
Popularity: 7,610 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Partial Fix

OS:Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 9

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-3738
CVE-2006-4343


Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to the use of a vulnerable version of the OpenSSL library.

For more information:
SA22130

The vulnerabilities are reported in Sun Solaris 9 and Sun Solaris 10 (optionally with the Solaris Data Encryption Kit) for both the x86 and SPARC platforms.

Solution:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 121229-02 or later (libssl).
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-121229-02-1

Solaris 10 with the Solaris Data Encryption Kit:
Apply patch 118562-13 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118562-13-1

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 121230-02 or later (libssl).
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-121230-02-1

Solaris 10 with the Solaris Data Encryption Kit:
Apply patch 118563-13 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118563-13-1

A final resolution is pending completion.

Changelog:
2006-11-14: Vendor updates advisory and removes Solaris 9 as affected.
2007-06-27: Updated Advisory to reflect changes and affected products in the vendor advisory. Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102711-1

Other References:
SA22130:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22130/


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