Note: This is an archival copy of Security Sun Alert 273630 as previously published on http://sunsolve.sun.com. Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1021686.1. |
Category Security Release Phase Resolved 6905480 Product Solaris 10 Operating System OpenSolaris Date of Workaround Release 02-Dec-2009 Date of Resolved Release 14-Dec-2009 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the libexpat Library May Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition 1. Impact Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in libexpat, a library for parsing XML files. These vulnerabilities may allow a local or remote unprivileged user to create a crafted XML file that may cause an application linked with libexpat to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Additional information regarding these issues is available at: CVE-2009-3720 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3720
CVE-2009-3560 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3560 2. Contributing Factors These issues can occur in the following releases: SPARC Platform
OpenSolaris distributions may include additional bug fixes above and beyond the build from which it was derived. To determine the base build of OpenSolaris, the following command can be used: $ uname -v3. Symptoms If the described issues have been exploited, the application which makes use of the libexpat library will crash, potentially leaving a core file depending on the system configuration. 4. Workaround There is no workaround for these issues. Please see the Resolution section below. 5. Resolution These issues are addressed in the following releases: SPARC Platform
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