Solaris inetd Can Be Shutdown By Local Users
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1018133
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1018133
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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-2990
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: May 12 2008
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Original Entry Date: May 29 2007
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Impact: Denial of service via local system
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Sun Alert
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Version(s): 10
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Solaris inetd. A local user can cause denial of service conditions.
A local user can cause the inetd(1M) service to shutdown, affecting all network services managed by inetd.
Solaris 8 and 9 are not affected.
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Impact: A local user can shutdown inetd and stop all services managed by the daemon.
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Solution: Sun has issued the following fixes.
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 10 with patch 121288-03 or later
x86 Platform
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Solaris 10 with patch 121289-04 or later
The Sun advisory is available at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102921-1
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Vendor URL: sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102921-1 (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Not specified
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Underlying OS: UNIX (Solaris - SunOS)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 15:10:11 -0400
Subject: A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris 10 inetd(1M) Service May Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102921-1
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