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Article ID : 1001308.1
Article Type : Sun Alerts (SURE)
Last reviewed : 2006-07-27
Audience : PUBLIC
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Potential Kernel Memory Disclosure Vulnerability in the Solaris sysinfo(2) System Call

Category
Security

Release Phase
Resolved

Product
Solaris 10 Operating System

Bug Id
6364242

Date of Resolved Release
21-JUL-2006

Impact

Due to a vulnerability in the Solaris sysinfo(2) system call, a local unprivileged user may be able to read portions of kernel memory, which may contain sensitive data.

Sun acknowledges with thanks iDefense/VeriSign for bringing this issue to our attention.

This issue is also described at http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=410


Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

  • Solaris 10 without patch 118833-09

x86 Platform

  • Solaris 10 without patch 118855-06

Note: Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are not affected by this issue.


Symptoms

There are no reliable symptoms that would indicate that this issue has been exploited to read portions of kernel memory.


Workaround

There is no workaround to this issue. Please see the Resolution section below.


Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

  • Solaris 10 with patch 118833-09 or later

x86 Platform

  • Solaris 10 with patch 118855-06 or later


References

118833-09
118855-06




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