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Sun Solaris NFSv4 Client Kernel Module Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA31517
Release Date: 2008-08-20
Last Update: 2009-02-06
Popularity: 3,191 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Sun Solaris 10

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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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 in the NFSv4 client kernel module. This can be exploited to cause all local NFSv4 mounts to become unresponsive by cooperating with a privileged user from a NFSv4 server.

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris systems where NFSv4 and automountd(1M) are in use.

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