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TITLE:
Sun Solaris "inet_network()" Off-By-One Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30538

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30538/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

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:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or
to potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA28367

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

SOLUTION:
Restrict access and network traffic to applications that are linked
to affected libraries (please see the vendor advisory for details).

Reportedly, a final resolution is pending completion.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238493-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28367:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28367/

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