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TITLE:
Sun Solaris Kernel Component Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39435

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39435/

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 in sendfile,
which can be exploited to cause processes on the system to hang.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 138888-01 or later.


-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 138889-01 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
It is currently unclear who reported this vulnerability as the Oracle
Critical Patch Update for April 2010 only provides a bundled list of
credits. This section will be updated when/if the original reporter
provides more information.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-242386-1
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpuapr2010.html

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