Sun Solaris Libthread Library Denial of Service Vulnerability
BID:6318
Info
Sun Solaris Libthread Library Denial of Service Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 6318 |
| Class: | Unknown |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | No |
| Local: | Yes |
| Published: | Dec 04 2002 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Dec 04 2002 12:00AM |
| Credit: | This vulnerability was reported in a Sun Security Alert. |
| Vulnerable: |
Sun Solaris 2.5.1 _x86 Sun Solaris 2.5.1 Sun Solaris 8_x86 Sun Solaris 8_sparc Sun Solaris 7.0_x86 Sun Solaris 7.0 Sun Solaris 2.6_x86 Sun Solaris 2.6 |
| Not Vulnerable: |
Sun Solaris 9 |
Discussion
Sun Solaris Libthread Library Denial of Service Vulnerability
A denial of service vulnerability has been discovered for applications that are linked using the libthread library. In some certain situations, the application will stop responding.
Restarting the application is necessary to restore functionality.
A denial of service vulnerability has been discovered for applications that are linked using the libthread library. In some certain situations, the application will stop responding.
Restarting the application is necessary to restore functionality.
Exploit / POC
Sun Solaris Libthread Library Denial of Service Vulnerability
No exploit is required.
No exploit is required.
Solution / Fix
Sun Solaris Libthread Library Denial of Service Vulnerability
Solution:
It has been reported that Solaris 9 is not affected by this issue. Users are advised to upgrade if possible.
The following patch is available:
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Solution:
It has been reported that Solaris 9 is not affected by this issue. Users are advised to upgrade if possible.
The following patch is available:
Sun Solaris 8_x86
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Sun 108827-32
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=108827&rev=32 -
Sun 108828-32
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=108828&rev=32
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
References
Sun Solaris Libthread Library Denial of Service Vulnerability
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