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TITLE:
Sun Solaris sshd Timeout Mechanism Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37424

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37424/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in timeout
mechanism of sshd and can be exploited to cause the sshd daemon to
stop accepting new connections.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 143140-01 or later

OpenSolaris:
Apply patch builds snv_124 or later


-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 141525-06 or later

OpenSolaris:
Apply patch snv_124 or later

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-272629-1

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