Solaris Auditing au_getsonode() Bug Lets Local Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1018803 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1018803
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2007-5422
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Mar 19 2008
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Original Entry Date: Oct 11 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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Version(s): 10
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Solaris. A local user can cause denial of service conditions.
A local user can cause a system panic. Systems that are configured to audit networking events are affected.
The vulnerability resides in the BSM in the au_getsonode() function.
Solaris 8 and 9 are not affected.
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Impact:
A local user can cause a system panic on the target system.
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Solution:
Sun has issued the following fix.
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 10 with patch 127111-01 or later
x86 Platform
* Solaris 10 with patch 127112-01 or later
The Sun advisory is available at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103096-1
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Vendor URL: sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103096-1 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Exception handling 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: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:06:41 -0400
Subject: Security Vulnerability in the Solaris Auditing (BSM) Related to Network Auditing May Lead to Denial of Service (DoS)
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103096-1
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