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Sun Solaris "in.telnetd" Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA8935
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Release Date:
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2003-06-03
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Last Update:
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2005-02-10
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Popularity:
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8,707 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Sun Solaris 2.6
Sun Solaris 7
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
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Description:
Sun has reported a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is in the "in.telnetd" daemon and can be exploited to make it enter an infinite loop. This will cause it to consume large amounts of CPU time potentially causing a DoS on the system.
No further information has been disclosed.
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