Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Sun Solaris vuidmice STREAMS Modules Local Denial of Service
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28990
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28990/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
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 an unspecified error within the
vuidmice STREAMS modules (vuidmice (7M)) and can be exploited to
cause a system panic.
The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 9 and 10 for the x86
platform.
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 117419-04 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-117419-04-1
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 127751-02 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-127751-02-1
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200635-1
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