Solaris aio_suspend() Bug Lets Local Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1021553
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1021553
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CVE Reference: CVE-2009-0132
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Feb 2 2009
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Original Entry Date: Jan 12 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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Advisory: Sun Alert
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Version(s): 8, 9, 10, OpenSolaris
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Solaris. A local user can cause denial of service conditions.
A local user can invoke a system call to trigger an integer overflow in aio_suspend(3RT) and cause a kernel panic.
The vendor
was notified on September 15, 2008.
The original advisory is available at:
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-001.txt
Tobias
Klein reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A local user can cause a kernel panic.
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Solution: The vendor has issued the following fixes.
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 8 with patch 117350-59 or later
* Solaris 9 with
patch 138577-01 or later
* Solaris 10 with patch 121394-02 or later
x86 Platform
* Solaris 8 with patch 117351-59
or later
* Solaris 9 with patch 138578-01 or later
* Solaris 10 with patch 121395-02 or later
Sun is working on a fix
for OpenSolaris.
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-247986-1
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Vendor URL: sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-247986-1 (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Boundary error
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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: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:51:29 -0500
Subject: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-247986-1
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