Secunia Security Advisory - Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Sun Solaris WAN Boot RSA Signature Forgery Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23455
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23455/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From local network
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/
DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to the WAN Boot software using a
static version of a vulnerable OpenSSL library.
For more information:
SA21709
SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends replacing certificates in use with certificates
not using an exponent of 3.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102759-1
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA21709:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21709/
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