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Sun Solaris Secure Shell Buffer Management Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA9806	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2003-09-22
Last Update:	2004-12-09
Popularity:	7,195 views

Critical:	Highly critical
Impact:	DoS System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Sun Solaris 9

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CVE reference:	CVE-2003-0693

Description: Sun has confirmed a vulnerability in Solaris, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system or cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to a buffer management error in Solaris Secure Shell daemon (sshd), which is based on OpenSSH. For more information: SA9743 NOTE: The Solaris Secure Shell daemon may potentially also be affected by other newly discovered vulnerabilities in OpenSSH. However, this has not been confirmed. Solution: Apply patches. -- SPARC Platform -- Solaris 9: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-113273-04-1 -- x86 Platform -- Solaris 9: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114858-03-1 Changelog: 2004-12-09: Updated "Solution" section. Original Advisory: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-56861-1 Other References: SA9743: http://secunia.com/advisories/9743/

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