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Sun Solaris ICMP Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23982
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Release Date:
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2007-01-31
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Last Update:
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2007-02-05
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Popularity:
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10,945 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Sun Solaris 10
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-0634
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Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when processing ICMP ping requests and can be exploited to cause a system panic by sending a specially crafted ICMP request to an affected system.
Successful exploitation requires that systems are configured to receive ICMP ping requests.
The vulnerability is reported in Sun Solaris 10 for both the SPARC and x86 platform.
Solution:
Apply patches.
Sun Solaris 10 for the SPARC platform:
Apply patch 118833-28 or later
Sun Solaris 10 for the x86 platform:
Apply patch 118855-28 or later
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2007-02-01: Added link to US-CERT.
2007-02-05: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102697-1
Other References:
US-CERT VU#967236:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/967236
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