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Sun Solaris "picld" Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31303
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Release Date:
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2008-07-31
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Last Update:
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2008-08-07
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Popularity:
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2,899 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-3426
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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 the Solaris Platform Information and Control Library daemon (picld(1M)), which can be exploited to disable system monitoring and prevent system utilities (e.g. prtdiag(1M), prtpicl(1M), and prtfru(1M)) from operating properly.
Solution:
Apply patches.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 8:
Apply patch 112169-07 or later.
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 137400-01 or later.
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 138068-01 or later.
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 9:
Apply patch 137401-01 or later.
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 138069-01 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2008-08-07: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-239728-1
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