|
Sun Solaris 10 ipsecah Denial of Service Vulnerability
|
|
Secunia Advisory:
|
SA29253
|
|
|
Release Date:
|
2008-03-06
|
|
Last Update:
|
2008-03-11
|
|
Popularity:
|
2,699 views
|
|
|
Critical:
|
Not critical
|
|
Impact:
|
DoS
|
|
Where:
|
Local system
|
|
Solution Status:
|
Vendor Patch
|
|
| OS: | Sun Solaris 10
|
|
|
Subscribe:
|
Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities 
|
|
| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1205
|
|
Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the ipsecah(7P) kernel module, and can be exploited to cause a system panic.
Successful exploitation requires that the system is configured to use IPsec and at least one program is listening on a PF_KEY socket.
The vulnerability affects Solaris 10 for both the SPARC and x86 platforms.
Solution:
Apply vendor patches.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 127111-09 or later
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 127112-09 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2008-03-11: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-233761-1
|
|
|
Track this Secunia Advisory
|
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.
Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.
|
|
|
About this Secunia Advisory
|
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.
Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
|
