Sun Solaris Syslog Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:20211

Info

Sun Solaris Syslog Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 20211
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 25 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 25 2006 09:03PM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 9_x86
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Sun Solaris 10.0_x86
Sun Solaris 10.0
Avaya Interactive Response 1.3
Avaya Interactive Response 1.2.1
Avaya Interactive Response 2.0
Avaya Interactive Response
Avaya CMS Server 13.0
Avaya CMS Server 12.0
Avaya CMS Server 11.0
Avaya CMS Server 10.0
Avaya CMS Server 9.0
Avaya CMS Server 8.0
Avaya CMS Server 13.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sun Solaris Syslog Denial of Service Vulnerability

Sun Solaris is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Local attackers may exploit this issue to disable the 'syslog(3C)' service, preventing further messages from being logged. This may aid attackers by preventing malicious actions from being logged, obfuscating further attacks.

Exploit / POC

Sun Solaris Syslog Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

Solution / Fix

Sun Solaris Syslog Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Sun Solaris 10.0

Sun Solaris 9

Sun Solaris 9_x86

Sun Solaris 10.0_x86

Sun Solaris 8_x86

Sun Solaris 8_sparc

References

Sun Solaris Syslog Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

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