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Sun Solaris Remote Procedure Call Module Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27831
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Release Date:
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2007-11-29
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Last Update:
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2007-12-03
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Popularity:
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4,895 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-2007-6180
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Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to a race condition error within the Solaris Remote Procedure Call module (rpcmod) and can be exploited to trigger a NULL pointer dereference.
The vulnerability is reported in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 for both the SPARC and x86 platforms.
Solution:
Apply patches.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 116959-20 or later.
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 113278-18 or later.
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 127739-01 or later.
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 116960-20 or later.
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 119439-11 or later.
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 127740-01 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2007-12-03: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103083-1
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