Solaris Auditing Race Condition Lets Local Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1022609 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1022609
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CVE Reference:
GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 28 2009
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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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Version(s): 9, 10, OpenSolaris
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Solaris Auditing. A local user can cause denial of service conditions.
A local user can exploit a race condition in Solaris Auditing when interacting with extended file attributes (fsattr(5)) to trigger a system panic.
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Impact:
A local user can cause a system panic.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix.
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 9 with patch 122300-42 or later
* Solaris 10 with patch 140921-02 or later
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_121 or later
x86 Platform
* Solaris 9 with patch 122301-42 or later
* Solaris 10 with patch 140922-02 or later
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_121 or later
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264429-1
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Vendor URL: sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264429-1 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS:
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:19:34 -0400
Subject: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264429-1
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264429
Race Condition Security Vulnerability in Solaris Auditing Related to Extended File Attributes May Allow Local Unprivileged Users to Panic the System
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