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Sun Solaris "rpc.metad" Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory:
SA29418
Release Date:
2008-03-18
Last Update:
2008-03-25
Critical:
Not critical
Impact:
DoS
Where:
From local network
Solution Status:
Unpatched
OS:
Sun Solaris 10
CVE reference:
CVE-2008-1480
(Secunia mirror)
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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 10.
Solution
:
Restrict network access to the service.
Provided and/or discovered by
:
Kingcope
Changelog
:
2008-03-25: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory
:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5258
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