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Vulnerability Report: Sun Solaris 8
This vulnerability report for Sun Solaris 8 contains a complete overview of all Secunia advisories affecting it. You can use this vulnerability report to ensure that you are aware of all vulnerabilities, both patched and unpatched, affecting this product allowing you to take the necessary precautions.

If you have information about a new or an existing vulnerability in Sun Solaris 8 then you are more than welcome to contact us.


Table of Contents

1. Product Summary Only

2. Secunia Advisory Statistics (All time)
2.1. Statistics for 2009
2.2. Statistics for 2008
2.3. Statistics for 2007
2.4. Statistics for 2006
2.5. Statistics for 2005
2.6. Statistics for 2004
2.7. Statistics for 2003

3. List of Secunia Advisories (All time)
3.1. List for 2009
3.2. List for 2008
3.3. List for 2007
3.4. List for 2006
3.5. List for 2005
3.6. List for 2004
3.7. List for 2003

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Vendor, Links, and Unpatched Vulnerabilities

Vendor Sun Microsystems

Product Link N/A

Affected By 227 Secunia advisories
368 Vulnerabilities

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Unpatched 6% (14 of 227 Secunia advisories)

Most Critical Unpatched
The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting Sun Solaris 8, with all vendor patches applied, is rated Highly critical .




48 Secunia Advisories in 2007
Secunia has issued a total of 48 Secunia advisories in 2007 for Sun Solaris 8. Currently, 6% (3 out of 48) are marked as unpatched with the most severe being rated Highly critical

More information about the specific Secunia advisories affecting Sun Solaris 8 can be found below. Each Secunia advisory is enclosed by a box highlighted with a color representing its current patch status. You can read the complete Secunia advisories for thorough descriptions of the issues covered and for solution suggestions by clicking either the Secunia advisory title or the "Read More" links available for each Secunia advisory.



Sun Solaris Apache Cross-Site Scripting and Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 1 of 48 in 2007. 4,598 views.
Release Date:
2007-12-24
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA28224
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Cross Site Scripting
DoS
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Apache for Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. [Read More]


Sun Solaris libTIFF Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 2 of 48 in 2007. 6,376 views.
Release Date:
2007-11-29
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27832
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris Remote Procedure Call Module Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 3 of 48 in 2007. 6,303 views.
Release Date:
2007-11-29
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27831
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Solaris unzip File Permission Change Vulnerability
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 4 of 48 in 2007. 9,234 views.
Release Date:
2007-11-15
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27684
Solution Status:
Partial Fix
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges. [Read More]


Sun Solaris Mozilla 1.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 5 of 48 in 2007. 7,246 views.
Release Date:
2007-11-09
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27603
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla 1.7 for Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Mozilla Layout Engine Multiple Vulnerabilities
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 6 of 48 in 2007. 5,972 views.
Release Date:
2007-10-31
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27423
Solution Status:
Unpatched
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Mozilla 1.7 for Sun Solaris, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris Mozilla JavaScript Engine Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 7 of 48 in 2007. 6,509 views.
Release Date:
2007-10-29
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27427
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Mozilla 1.7 for Sun Solaris, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris Mozilla Layout Engine Unspecified Vulnerabilities
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 8 of 48 in 2007. 5,353 views.
Release Date:
2007-10-23
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27328
Solution Status:
Unpatched
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris Kernel Statistics Retrieval Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 9 of 48 in 2007. 7,845 views.
Release Date:
2007-10-19
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27306
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Solaris bzip2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 10 of 48 in 2007. 6,059 views.
Release Date:
2007-10-17
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27274
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
DoS
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Solaris RPC Services Library Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 11 of 48 in 2007. 6,891 views.
Release Date:
2007-10-15
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27183
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
From local network
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users and malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Solaris update for mozilla
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 12 of 48 in 2007. 5,938 views.
Release Date:
2007-10-12
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27216
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun Solaris has issued an update for mozilla. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris libtiff Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 13 of 48 in 2007. 6,790 views.
Release Date:
2007-10-12
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27222
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris X Font Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 14 of 48 in 2007. 6,213 views.
Release Date:
2007-10-11
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27176
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
Where:
From local network
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris vuidmice Streams Modules Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 15 of 48 in 2007. 6,634 views.
Release Date:
2007-10-09
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27135
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
A security issue has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Solaris FIFO File System Unauthorized Data Access
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 16 of 48 in 2007. 7,683 views.
Release Date:
2007-10-03
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27024
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive information. [Read More]


Sun Solaris Thread Context Handling Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 17 of 48 in 2007. 7,893 views.
Release Date:
2007-09-27
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA26950
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Solaris Human Interface Device Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 18 of 48 in 2007. 6,954 views.
Release Date:
2007-09-26
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA26874
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Solaris BIND 8 Predictable DNS Query IDs Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 19 of 48 in 2007. 6,264 views.
Release Date:
2007-09-19
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA26858
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Spoofing
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in BIND 8 for Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache. [Read More]


Sun Solaris Kerberos RPCSEC_GSS Vulnerability
Vendor Workaround. Secunia Advisory 20 of 48 in 2007. 6,201 views.
Release Date:
2007-09-06
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA26713
Solution Status:
Vendor Workaround
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris Special File System "strfreectty()" Security Issue
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 21 of 48 in 2007. 8,299 views.
Release Date:
2007-09-03
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA26528
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a security issue in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Solaris ATA Disk Driver IOCTLs Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 22 of 48 in 2007. 8,764 views.
Release Date:
2007-08-22
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA26558
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Some security issues have been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Solaris RBAC Rules Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 23 of 48 in 2007. 9,662 views.
Release Date:
2007-08-17
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA26494
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which potentially can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]


Sun Solaris lbxproxy Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 24 of 48 in 2007. 7,906 views.
Release Date:
2007-07-26
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA26220
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges. [Read More]


Sun Solaris rcp Command Line Shell Command Injection
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 25 of 48 in 2007. 9,955 views.
Release Date:
2007-07-11
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA26024
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
A weakness has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges. [Read More]


Sun Solaris libpng tRNS Chunk Denial of Service
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 26 of 48 in 2007. 7,746 views.
Release Date:
2007-06-29
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA25867
Solution Status:
Partial Fix
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Solaris dtsession Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 27 of 48 in 2007. 8,570 views.
Release Date:
2007-06-28
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA25876
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]


Sun Solaris libsldap Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 28 of 48 in 2007. 6,052 views.
Release Date:
2007-06-27
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA25854
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a weakness in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Solaris Kerberos RPC Library Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 29 of 48 in 2007. 7,748 views.
Release Date:
2007-06-27
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA25841
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris Mozilla 1.7 Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 30 of 48 in 2007. 5,414 views.
Release Date:
2007-06-27
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA25839
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Mozilla 1.7 for Sun Solaris, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris Mozilla 1.7 Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 31 of 48 in 2007. 5,816 views.
Release Date:
2007-06-08
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA25556
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Mozilla 1.7 for Sun Solaris, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris Management Console Privilege Escalation
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 32 of 48 in 2007. 8,267 views.
Release Date:
2007-06-06
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA25566
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
Where:
From local network
Short Description:
Two vulnerabilities has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]


Sun Solaris Kerberos kadm5 Library Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 33 of 48 in 2007. 6,904 views.
Release Date:
2007-05-30
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA25464
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris NFS Client Module Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 34 of 48 in 2007. 10,201 views.
Release Date:
2007-05-25
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA25403
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
From local network
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Solaris X11 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 35 of 48 in 2007. 8,929 views.
Release Date:
2007-04-26
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA25006
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Solaris, which can be exploited malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and gain escalated privileges. [Read More]


Sun Solaris libX11 Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 36 of 48 in 2007. 6,828 views.
Release Date:
2007-04-25
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA24975
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]


Sun Solaris Mozilla 1.7 Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 37 of 48 in 2007. 11,718 views.
Release Date:
2007-04-19
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA24948
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Mozilla 1.7 for Sun Solaris, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris IP Packet Denial of Service
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 38 of 48 in 2007. 11,328 views.
Release Date:
2007-04-13
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA24857
Solution Status:
Unpatched
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Solaris Mozilla 1.7 Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 39 of 48 in 2007. 7,159 views.
Release Date:
2007-04-02
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA24624
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Mozilla 1.7 for Sun Solaris, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris X Font Server / X Render and DBE Extensions Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 40 of 48 in 2007. 9,209 views.
Release Date:
2007-02-14
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA24168
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
System access
Where:
From local network
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges or by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris Mozilla 1.7 Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 41 of 48 in 2007. 8,266 views.
Release Date:
2007-02-13
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA24108
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Mozilla 1.7 for Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions or potentially compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Solaris rm Race Condition Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 42 of 48 in 2007. 9,535 views.
Release Date:
2007-02-09
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA24082
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Manipulation of data
Privilege escalation
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges. [Read More]


Sun Solaris FreeType Integer Overflow and Underflow Vulnerabilities
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 43 of 48 in 2007. 10,841 views.
Release Date:
2007-01-29
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA23939
Solution Status:
Partial Fix
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise applications using the library. [Read More]


Sun Solaris "tip" Command Privilege Escalation
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 44 of 48 in 2007. 9,788 views.
Release Date:
2007-01-24
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA23821
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]


Sun Solaris "kcms_calibrate" Privilege Escalation
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 45 of 48 in 2007. 8,477 views.
Release Date:
2007-01-23
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA23885
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]


Sun Solaris update for Mozilla
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 46 of 48 in 2007. 9,013 views.
Release Date:
2007-01-23
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA23883
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Mozilla, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions. [Read More]


Sun Solaris rpcbind Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 47 of 48 in 2007. 9,487 views.
Release Date:
2007-01-10
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA23700
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
From local network
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Solaris update for gzip
Vendor Workaround. Secunia Advisory 48 of 48 in 2007. 8,361 views.
Release Date:
2007-01-09
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA23679
Solution Status:
Vendor Workaround
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has issued an update for gzip. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]