Sun Solaris libnsl __inet_taddr2uaddr() Error Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1017492
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1017492
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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-0165
, CVE-2008-4619
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Nov 5 2008
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Original Entry Date: Jan 10 2007
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Impact: Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Sun Alert
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in libnsl on Sun Solaris. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted RPC requests to cause the target rpcbind(1M) service to crash.
The vulnerability resides
in the '__inet_taddr2uaddr()' function.
Sun credits Anil Kumar of the BlueLane Research Team with reporting this vulnerability.
[Editor's
note: Sun is now reporting that the CVE number for this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4619.]
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Impact: A remote user can cause the target rpcbind(1M) service to crash.
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Solution: Sun has issued the following fixes.
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 8 with patch 108993-65 or later
* Solaris 9 with patch
113319-27 or later
x86 Platform
* Solaris 8 with patch 108994-65 or later
* Solaris 9 with patch 113719-21 or later
The
Sun advisory is available at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102713-1
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Vendor URL: sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102713-1 (Links to External Site)
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Cause: State error
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Underlying OS: UNIX (Solaris - SunOS)
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Underlying OS Comments: 8, 9
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:31:37 -0500
Subject: A Security Vulnerability in Solaris libnsl(3LIB) may lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) to the rpcbind(1M) Service
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102713-1
CVE-2007-0165
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