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                                    CERT-Renater

                         Note d'Information No. 2008/VULN179
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DATE                      : 26/05/2008

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S)      : /

OPERATING SYSTEM(S)       : Solaris 10 running STREAMS Administrative
                                                          Driver.

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    Solution Type: Sun Alert

    Solution  237584 :   A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris 10
    STREAMS Administrative Driver ("sad") May Allow a Denial of Service
    (System panic)
    Bug ID: 6551461

    Product: Solaris 10 Operating System

    Date of Resolved Release: 20-May-2008

    SA Document Body
    A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris 10 STREAMS Administrative
Driver
    ("sad") May Allow a Denial of Service (System panic)

    1. Impact
    Due to a race condition security vulnerability in the Solaris 10
    STREAMS Administrative Driver (sad(7D)), this vulnerability may allow
    a local unprivileged user the ability to cause a system to panic. This
    is a type of Denial of Service (DoS).
    2. Contributing Factors
    This issue can occur in the following releases:
    SPARC Platform:
      * Solaris 10 with patch 120011-06 (or later) and without patch
        127743-01

    x86 Platform:
      * Solaris 10 with patch 120012-06 (or later) and without patch
        127744-01

    Note: Solaris 8 and 9 are not affected by this issue.
    3. Symptoms
    Other than the panic itself, there are no predictable symptoms that
    would indicate this issue has been exploited.
    4. Workaround
    There is no workaround for this issue.  Please see the Resolution
    section below.

    5. Resolution
    This issue is addressed in the following releases:

    SPARC Platform:
      * Solaris 10 with patch 127743-01 or later

    x86 Platform:
      * Solaris 10 with patch 127744-01 or later

    For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Technical
    Instruction ID 213557.

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