Category
Security
Release Phase
Resolved
Bug Id
6551461
ProductSolaris 10 Operating System
Date of Resolved Release20-May-2008
A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris 10 STREAMS Administrative Driver ("sad") May Allow a Denial of Service (System panic)
1. Impact
Due to a race condition security vulnerability in the Solaris 10
STREAMS Administrative Driver (sad(7D)), this vulnerability may allow a local unprivileged
user the ability to cause a system to panic. This is a type of Denial
of Service
(DoS).
2. Contributing Factors
This issue can occur in the following releases:
SPARC Platform:
- Solaris 10 with patch 120011-06 (or later) and without patch
127743-01
x86 Platform:
- Solaris 10 with patch 120012-06 (or later) and without patch
127744-01
Note: Solaris 8 and 9 are
not affected by this issue.
3. Symptoms
Other than the panic itself, there are no predictable symptoms that
would indicate this issue has been exploited.
4. Workaround
There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the
Resolution section below.
5. Resolution
This issue is addressed in the following releases:
SPARC Platform:
- Solaris 10 with patch 127743-01 or later
x86 Platform:
- Solaris 10 with patch 127744-01 or later
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References
127743-01
127744-01
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