Solaris DHCP Daemon Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1021157 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1021157
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2007-5365, CVE-2008-5010
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Nov 13 2008
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Original Entry Date: Nov 9 2008
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in the Sun Solaris DHCP daemon. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted DHCP request data to cause the target DHCP service (in.dhcpd(1M)) to crash. The daemon will exit with an "Assertion failed" error message.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the DHCP daemon to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued the following fixes:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 8 with patch 109077-21 or later
* Solaris 9 with patch 112837-16 or later
* Solaris 10 with patch 138876-01 or later
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_103 or later
x86 Platform
* Solaris 8 with patch 109078-21 or later
* Solaris 9 with patch 114265-15 or later
* Solaris 10 with patch 138877-01 or later
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_103 or later
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-243806-1
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Vendor URL: sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-243806-1 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS:
UNIX (Solaris - SunOS)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 00:01:13 -0500
Subject: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-243806-1
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CVE-2007-5365
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