Note: This is an archival copy of Security Sun Alert 237985 as previously published on http://sunsolve.sun.com. Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1019267.1. |
Category Security Release Phase Resolved 6450410 Date of Resolved Release 26-Jun-2008 A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris snmpXdmid(1M) may lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition 1. Impact A security vulnerability in the Sun Solstice Enterprise SNMP-DMI mapper subagent daemon (snmpXdmid(1M)) running on Solaris may allow a local or remote unprivileged user to kill the daemon process by sending malformed packets. This is a type of Denial of Service (DoS). Sun acknowledges, with thanks, IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force (http://xforce.iss.net) for bringing this issue to our attention. 2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following releases: SPARC Platform:
To determine if the package is installed on the system, the following command can be run: $ pkginfo SUNWsadmiTo determine if snmpXdmi is enabled on a system, the following command can be run: On Solaris 10: $ svcs svc:/application/management/dmi:defaultOn Solaris 8 and 9: $ ps -aef | grep snmpXdmidThe above output indicates that the SUNWsadmi package is installed on the system and the DMI service is enabled. 3. Symptoms Should the described issue occur, snmpXdmid will core dump. The pstack output of the core file will appear similar to the following: core 'core' of 362: /usr/lib/dmi/snmpXdmid -s <hostname>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:
x86 Platform:
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Product Solaris 8 Operating System Solaris 9 Operating System Solaris 10 Operating System References128415-01128416-01 137402-01 137403-01 108869-35 108870-35 Attachments This solution has no attachment |
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