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Sun Solaris snmpXdmid Denial of Service Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA30863  
Release Date: 2008-06-27
Last Update: 2008-07-09

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9


CVE reference:CVE-2008-2946 (Secunia mirror)

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the Sun Solstice Enterprise SNMP-DMI mapper subagent daemon (snmpXdmid). This can be exploited to crash the service via specially crafted packets.

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 for the SPARC and x86 platforms.

NOTE: This affects only systems that have the SUNWsadmi package installed and have DMI service enabled.

Solution:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 108869-35 or later.

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 137402-01 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 128415-01 or later.

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 108870-35 or later.

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 137403-01 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 128416-01 or later.

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force.

Changelog:
2008-07-09: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-237985-1



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