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TITLE:
Sun Solaris e1000g Gigabit Ethernet Driver Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30700

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30700/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the e1000g
Gigabit Ethernet driver on systems with Intel 82571/82572 network
interface controllers. This can be exploited to block all incoming
traffic to the system.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 137289-01 or later.


-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 137293-01 or later.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238250-1

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