Note: This is an archival copy of Security Sun Alert 242386 as previously published on http://sunsolve.sun.com.
Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1019619.1.
Article ID : 1019619.1
Article Type : Sun Alerts (SURE)
Last reviewed : 2010-05-20
Audience : PUBLIC
Copyright Notice: Copyright © 2010, Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates.

This Alert covers CVE-2010-0890 for the kernel component of the Solaris and OpenSolaris products.

Category
Security

Release Phase
Resolved

Bug Id
6343194

Product
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris

Date of Resolved Release
12-Apr-2010

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1. Impact

 This Alert covers CVE-2010-0890 for the kernel component of the Solaris and OpenSolaris products.

Please see http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/alerts.htm
for more information about Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts.
This publication relates to the CPU for April 2010.

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform
  • Solaris 10 without patch 138888-01
  • OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_98
x86 Platform
  • Solaris 10 without patch 138889-01
  • OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_98
Note: Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are not  impacted by this issue.

3. Symptoms

4. Workaround

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform
  • Solaris 10 with patch 138888-01or later
  • OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_99 or later
x86 Platform
  • Solaris 10 with patch 138889-01 or later
  • OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_99 or later

References

138888-01
138889-01

WF 06-Oct-2008, jfolla: This was determined to be a security issue.  Updated the draft and send for security review. This will be released when patches are available.
WF 19-Sep-2008, jfolla: sent for 24 review
WF 19-Sep-2008, jfolla: created



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