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TITLE:
Sun Solaris bzip2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27274

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27274/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/
Sun Solaris 8
http://secunia.com/product/94/
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/

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

For more information:
SA15447

Additionally, a race condition when setting file permissions has also
been acknowledged.

The vulnerabilities are reported in Sun Solaris 8, 9 and 10 for both
the x86 and SPARC platforms.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 114586-02 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 126868-01 or later.

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 114587-02 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 126869-02 or later.


A final resolution for all affected versions is reportedly pending
completion.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA15447:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15447/

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