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Sun Solaris Kernel Statistics Retrieval Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27306
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Release Date:
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2007-10-19
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Last Update:
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2007-10-26
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Popularity:
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6,348 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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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-5632
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Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors within the kernel statistics retrieval implementation, which can be exploited to cause a "recursive mutex_enter" or "deadlock" panic.
The vulnerabilities are reported in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 for both the x86 and SPARC platform.
Solution:
Apply patches.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 117350-50 or later
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 122300-13 or later
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 127111-01 or later
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 117351-50 or later
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 122301-13 or later
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 127112-01 or later
Changelog:
2007-10-26: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103064-1
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