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Solaris OpenSSL Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA23351
Release Date: 2006-12-13
Last Update: 2007-11-09
Popularity: 7,831 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 9

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2937
CVE-2006-2940


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

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

For more information:
SA22130

Solution:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

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

Solaris 9 SSH:
Apply 113273-14 and 114356-11 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-113273-14-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114356-11-1

Solaris 9 Packaging utilities:
Apply patch 113713-24 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-113713-24-1

-- x86 Platform --

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

Solaris 9 SSH:
Apply patches 114357-10 and 114858-11 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114357-10-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114858-11-1

Solaris 9 Packaging utilities:
Apply patch 114568-23 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114568-23-1

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

Changelog:
2007-04-24: Updated "Solution" section and changed "Solution Status".
2007-11-09: Added Solaris 9 to list of affected products. Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102747-1

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


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