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Sun Solaris Libxml2 UTF-8 Parsing Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA28466
Release Date: 2008-01-15
Last Update: 2008-02-18
Popularity: 5,611 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-2007-6284


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

For more information:
SA28444

The vulnerability affects Solaris 9 and 10 for both the SPARC and x86 platforms.

Solution:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 114014-18 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 125731-02 or later.


-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 114015-18 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 125732-02 or later.

Changelog:
2008-02-05: Updated "Original Advisory" section.
2008-02-18: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201514-1

Other References:
SA28444:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28444/


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