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TITLE:
Sun Solaris Thread Context Handling Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26950

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26950/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 8
http://secunia.com/product/94/
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a race condition error in the
Solaris kernel when handling thread contexts and can be exploited to
cause a system panic.

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 for both the
SPARC and x86 platforms.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 8:
Patch 117350-48 or later

Solaris 9:
Patch 122300-10 or later
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-122300-10-1

Solaris 10:
Patch 125100-02 or later

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 8:
Patch 117351-48 or later

Solaris 9:
Patch 122301-10 or later
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-122301-10-1

Solaris 10:
Patch 125101-02 or later
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-125101-02-1

NOTE: Additional patches, which complete the fix have also been
released but are reportedly not required to secure a system against
this vulnerability (see vendor advisory for more information).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103084-1

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