Secunia Security Advisory - Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Sun Solaris Event Port API Race Condition Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35279
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35279/
DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).
The vulnerabilities are caused due to race conditions in the Solaris
Event Port API and can be exploited to crash the system.
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 141414-01 or later.
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 10:
Apply patch 141415-01 or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-260449-1
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