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Sun Solaris "rpc.metad" Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA29418
Release Date: 2008-03-18
Last Update: 2009-01-12
Popularity: 4,829 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Partial Fix

OS:Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 9

Software:Sun Solstice DiskSuite 4.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Kingcope has reported 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 error in "rpc.metad" within the processing of rpc requests. This can be exploited to crash the daemon.

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 9 and 10 and Solstice DiskSuite 4.2.1 for Solaris 8.

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