Sun Solaris UltraSPARC T2 And UltraSPARC T2+ Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	33398
Class:	Unknown
CVE:
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Jan 21 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 22 2009 04:22PM
Credit:	Sun Microsystems
Vulnerable:	Sun OpenSolaris build snv_102 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_101 Sun OpenSolaris build snv_100
Not Vulnerable:	Sun OpenSolaris build snv_103

Sun Solaris UltraSPARC T2 And UltraSPARC T2+ Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

A local unprivileged attacker can exploit this issue to cause a system panic that will result in a denial-of-service condition.

The issue affects OpenSolaris for Sun UltraSPARC T2 and UltraSPARC T2+ systems.

Sun Solaris UltraSPARC T2 And UltraSPARC T2+ Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working 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].

Sun Solaris UltraSPARC T2 And UltraSPARC T2+ Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.

Sun Solaris UltraSPARC T2 And UltraSPARC T2+ Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Sun Homepage (Sun Microsystems )
  
• A Solaris Kernel Security Vulnerability on Systems Using the Sun UltraSPARC T2 a (Sun)