Sun Solaris "in.telnetd" Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Sun Solaris "in.telnetd" Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA8935	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2003-06-03
Last Update:	2005-02-10
Popularity:	8,102 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	DoS
Where:	From local network
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Sun Solaris 2.6 Sun Solaris 7 Sun Solaris 8 Sun Solaris 9

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CVE reference:	CVE-2003-1069

Description: Sun has reported a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is in the "in.telnetd" daemon and can be exploited to make it enter an infinite loop. This will cause it to consume large amounts of CPU time potentially causing a DoS on the system. No further information has been disclosed. Solution: Apply patches. -- SPARC -- Solaris 2.6: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=106049&rev=05 Solaris 7: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=107475&rev=05 Solaris 8: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=110668&rev=04 Solaris 9: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=114729&rev=01 -- x86 -- Solaris 2.6: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=106050&rev=05 Solaris 7: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=107476&rev=05 Solaris 8: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=110669&rev=04 Solaris 9: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=114730&rev=01 Changelog: 2005-02-10: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-54181-1

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