Bug Id
6766767

Product
Solaris 10 Operating System
OpenSolaris

Date of Resolved Release
15-Jul-2009

A security vulnerability in the Solaris SCTP packet processing may lead to a system panic:

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in Solaris 10 SCTP packet processing (see sctp(7P)) may allow a privileged remote user to panic the system, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• Solaris 10 without patch 141414-01
  
• OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_119

x86 Platform

• Solaris 10 without patch 141415-01
• OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_119

Note 1: Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are not impacted by this issue.

Note 2: 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 -v
    snv_86

3. Symptoms

If the described issue is exploited to cause a Denial of Service (DoS), the system may panic with a stack trace similar to the following:

    sctp_got_sack
    sctp_input_data
    sctp_input
    ip_sctp_input
    ...
    ...

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 141414-01 or later
  
• OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_120 or later
  

x86 Platform

• Solaris 10 with patch 141415-01 or later
  
• OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_120 or later

For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see 1009886.1.

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References

141414-01
141415-01





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