---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a tax break on purchases of Secunia Solutions! If you are a U.S. company, you may be qualified for a tax break for your software purchases. Learn more at: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/vim/section_179/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: NetBSD sysctl Tree Handler Denial of Service Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA43637 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/43637/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43637 RELEASE DATE: 2011-03-08 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/43637/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/43637/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43637 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in NetBSD, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the kern.proc sysctl tree handler, which can be exploited to e.g. exhaust all available kernel memory or trigger assertion errors. SOLUTION: Fixed in the CVS repository (please see the vendor advisory for details). PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported by the vendor. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: NetBSD-SA2011-003: http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2011-003.txt.asc OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------