Secunia Security Advisory - Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Sun Solaris mod_perl Denial of Service Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33723
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33723/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/4813/
DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun Solaris, which can
potentially be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial
of Service).
For more information:
SA24678
NOTE: This vulnerability only affects systems running the Apache web
server version 1.3 that make use of the mod_perl(3) (PerlRun.pm)
component.
This vulnerability is reported in Solaris 10 for both the SPARC and
x86 platforms.
SOLUTION:
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 122911-14 or later
OpenSolaris:
Fixed in builds snv_100 or later
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 122912-14 or later
OpenSolaris:
Fixed in builds snv_100 or later
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-248386-1
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24678:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24678/
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