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TITLE:
Sun Solaris Event Port Local Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30653

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30653/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/

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 event
port implementation. This can be exploited to cause a system panic by
executing a specially crafted application that submits and retrieves
user-defined events from a port.

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 10 for the SPARC and x86
platform.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 137111-01 or later.

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 137112-01 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-235122-1

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