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Vulnerability Report: Sun Solaris 8.x

This vulnerability report for Sun Solaris 8.x 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.x then you are more than welcome to contact us.

1. Product Summary Only

2. Secunia Advisory Statistics (All time)

2.1. Statistics for 2013

2.2. Statistics for 2012

2.3. Statistics for 2011

2.4. Statistics for 2010

2.5. Statistics for 2009

2.6. Statistics for 2008

2.7. Statistics for 2007

2.8. Statistics for 2006

2.9. Statistics for 2005

2.10. Statistics for 2004

2.11. Statistics for 2003

3. List of Secunia Advisories (All time)

3.1. List for 2013

3.2. List for 2012

3.3. List for 2011

3.4. List for 2010

3.5. List for 2009

3.6. List for 2008

3.7. List for 2007

3.8. List for 2006

3.9. List for 2005

3.10. List for 2004

3.11. List for 2003

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Vendor, Links, and Unpatched Vulnerabilities

Vendor	Sun Microsystems

Product Link	N/A

Affected By	250 Secunia advisories 528 Vulnerabilities

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Unpatched	4% (11 of 250 Secunia advisories)

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

31 Secunia Advisories in 2009

Secunia has issued a total of 31 Secunia advisories in 2009 for Sun Solaris 8.x. Currently, 6% (2 out of 31) are marked as unpatched with the most severe being rated Less critical

More information about the specific Secunia advisories affecting Sun Solaris 8.x 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 "mod_perl" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 1 of 31 in 2009. 1,855 views.

Release Date:
2009-12-16

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA37799

Solution Status:
Unpatched

Criticality:

Impact:
Cross Site Scripting

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. [Read More]

Sun Products NSS TLS Session Renegotiation Plaintext Injection Vulnerability
Vendor Workaround. Secunia Advisory 2 of 31 in 2009. 2,763 views.

Release Date:
2009-12-03

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA37566

Solution Status:
Vendor Workaround

Criticality:

Impact:
Manipulation of data

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris and Sun Java Enterprise System, which can be exploited by malicious people to manipulate certain data. [Read More]

Sun Solaris 8 LDAP Client Configuration Cache Daemon Denial of Service
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 3 of 31 in 2009. 2,233 views.

Release Date:
2009-11-26

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA37506

Solution Status:
Unpatched

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities 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 FreeType Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 4 of 31 in 2009. 4,106 views.

Release Date:
2009-11-04

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA37246

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS
System access

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Solaris, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the libfreetype library. [Read More]

Sun Solaris libpng Interlaced Images Information Disclosure
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 5 of 31 in 2009. 4,530 views.

Release Date:
2009-10-16

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA37068

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in libpng in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information. [Read More]

Sun Solaris 8 IP Module and STREAMS Framework Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 6 of 31 in 2009. 4,343 views.

Release Date:
2009-10-01

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36920

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 LibTIFF "LZWDecodeCompat()" Buffer Underflow Vulnerability
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 7 of 31 in 2009. 5,234 views.

Release Date:
2009-09-23

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36831

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS
System access

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) or to potentially compromise an application using the libtiff library. [Read More]

Sun Solaris 8 "w" Utility Privilege Escalation
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 8 of 31 in 2009. 2,637 views.

Release Date:
2009-09-14

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36720

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris 8, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Oracle Solaris Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 9 of 31 in 2009. 6,226 views.

Release Date:
2009-09-10

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36668

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Manipulation of data
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to manipulate certain data, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and gain escalated privileges or by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), gain knowledge of sensitive information, and compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]

Sun Solaris Print Service Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 10 of 31 in 2009. 2,246 views.

Release Date:
2009-08-26

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36445

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, local users and malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Sun Solaris sendfile and sendfilev Extended Library Functions Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 11 of 31 in 2009. 3,082 views.

Release Date:
2009-08-19

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36400

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Sun Solaris Filesystem and Virtual Memory Subsystem Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 12 of 31 in 2009. 3,918 views.

Release Date:
2009-08-18

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36319

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 LibTIFF tiff2rgba and rgb2ycbcr Integer Overflows
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 13 of 31 in 2009. 5,730 views.

Release Date:
2009-08-17

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36276

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
System access

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system. [Read More]

Sun Solaris XScreenSaver PopUp Window Information Disclosure
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 14 of 31 in 2009. 2,375 views.

Release Date:
2009-08-06

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36170

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
A security issue has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people with physical access to an affected system to disclose sensitive information. [Read More]

Sun Solaris libtiff LZW Decoder Buffer Underflow Vulnerability
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 15 of 31 in 2009. 2,334 views.

Release Date:
2009-08-04

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36092

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS
System access

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise a user's system. [Read More]

Sun Solaris BIND Dynamic Update Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 16 of 31 in 2009. 3,766 views.

Release Date:
2009-07-30

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36086

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in named included in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Sun Solaris XScreenSaver Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 17 of 31 in 2009. 4,421 views.

Release Date:
2009-07-20

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA35875

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive information. [Read More]

Sun Solaris auditconfig Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 18 of 31 in 2009. 3,665 views.

Release Date:
2009-06-26

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA35580

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 rpc.nisd NIS+ Server Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 19 of 31 in 2009. 2,505 views.

Release Date:
2009-06-10

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA35406

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 users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Sun Solaris Kerberos Credential Management Unauthorised Access
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 20 of 31 in 2009. 2,795 views.

Release Date:
2009-06-04

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA35341

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Security Bypass

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restriction. [Read More]

Sun Solaris libpng Multiple Vulnerabilities
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 21 of 31 in 2009. 3,607 views.

Release Date:
2009-06-01

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA35302

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information
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), disclose potentially sensitive information, or potentially compromise an application using the libpng library. [Read More]

Sun Solaris "sadmind" Two Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 22 of 31 in 2009. 5,661 views.

Release Date:
2009-05-23

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA32473

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
System access

Where:
From local network

Short Description:
Secunia Research has discovered two vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]

Sun Solaris GSS-API Library Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 23 of 31 in 2009. 3,356 views.

Release Date:
2009-05-22

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA35151

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
System access

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the affected library. [Read More]

Solaris XScreenSaver PopUp Window Information Disclosure
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 24 of 31 in 2009. 2,305 views.

Release Date:
2009-04-13

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA34673

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
A weakness has been reported in Sun Solaris, which may disclose potentially sensitive information to people with physical access to a system. [Read More]

Sun Solaris dircmp Shell Script File Overwriting Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 25 of 31 in 2009. 3,322 views.

Release Date:
2009-04-01

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA34558

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 perform certain actions with escalated privileges. [Read More]

Sun Solaris Doors Kernel Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 26 of 31 in 2009. 3,295 views.

Release Date:
2009-03-11

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA34227

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Security Bypass
Privilege escalation
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), bypass certain security restrictions, and potentially gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Sun Solaris IP Minor Numbers Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 27 of 31 in 2009. 4,861 views.

Release Date:
2009-02-02

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA33751

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 mod_perl Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 28 of 31 in 2009. 5,758 views.

Release Date:
2009-01-29

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA33720

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Sun Solaris "autofs" Kernel Module Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 29 of 31 in 2009. 4,814 views.

Release Date:
2009-01-28

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA33665

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation
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) and potentially to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Sun Solaris Pseudo-Terminal Driver Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 30 of 31 in 2009. 4,408 views.

Release Date:
2009-01-28

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA33662

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 "aio_suspend()" Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 31 of 31 in 2009. 5,293 views.

Release Date:
2009-01-12

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA33516

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Tobias Klein has reported a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

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31 Secunia Advisories in 2009

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