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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 229 Secunia advisories
370 Vulnerabilities

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Unpatched 7% (15 of 229 Secunia advisories)

Most Critical Unpatched
The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting Sun Solaris 8, 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. Currently, 19% (6 out of 31) are marked as unpatched with the most severe being rated Moderately 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 "mod_perl" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 1 of 31 in 2009. 321 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. 657 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. 647 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
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 4 of 31 in 2009. 1,436 views.
Release Date:
2009-11-04
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA37246
Solution Status:
Unpatched
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. 1,953 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. 1,870 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
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 7 of 31 in 2009. 2,398 views.
Release Date:
2009-09-23
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36831
Solution Status:
Unpatched
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. 1,562 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]


Sun Solaris TCP Implementation Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 9 of 31 in 2009. 2,703 views.
Release Date:
2009-09-10
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36668
Solution Status:
Unpatched
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
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). [Read More]


Sun Solaris Print Service Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 10 of 31 in 2009. 894 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. 1,134 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. 1,353 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
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 13 of 31 in 2009. 3,285 views.
Release Date:
2009-08-17
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36276
Solution Status:
Unpatched
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. 911 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. 1,145 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
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 16 of 31 in 2009. 1,347 views.
Release Date:
2009-07-30
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36086
Solution Status:
Partial Fix
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. 2,791 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. 1,385 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. 1,208 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. 1,359 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. 1,186 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. 2,776 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
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 23 of 31 in 2009. 1,531 views.
Release Date:
2009-05-22
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA35151
Solution Status:
Partial Fix
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. 1,022 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. 1,616 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. 1,618 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. 2,369 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. 1,921 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. 2,090 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. 2,009 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. 2,489 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]