Sun Solaris Telnet Daemon Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	7794
Class:	Configuration Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 03 2003 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 03 2003 12:00AM
Credit:	Vulnerability announced by the vendor.
Vulnerable:	Sun Solaris 9_x86 Sun Solaris 9 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 Telnet Daemon Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

It has been reported that a vulnerability exists in the telnet daemon of Solaris systems. An attacker may be able to exploit this issue to consume system resources, making the system unusable by legitimate users.

Sun Solaris Telnet Daemon Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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

Sun Solaris Telnet Daemon Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Sun has made fixes for this issue available:


Sun Solaris 2.6

• Sun 106049-05
  http://sunsolve.sun.com

Sun Solaris 7.0

• Sun 107475-05
  http://sunsolve.sun.com

Sun Solaris 8_x86

• Sun 110669-04
  http://sunsolve.sun.com

Sun Solaris 2.6_x86

• Sun 106050-05
  http://sunsolve.sun.com

Sun Solaris 8_sparc

• Sun 110668-04
  http://sunsolve.sun.com

Sun Solaris 9

• Sun 114729-01
  http://sunsolve.sun.com

Sun Solaris 9_x86

• Sun 114730-01
  http://sunsolve.sun.com

Sun Solaris 7.0_x86

• Sun 107476-05
  http://sunsolve.sun.com

Sun Solaris Telnet Daemon Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Sun Alert ID: 54181 (Sun Microsystems)