From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue May 08 2007 - 03:47:04 CDT

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TITLE:
Sun Solaris "acl()" Local Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25162

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25162/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the "acl()" system
call and can be exploited to cause a system panic.

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 10 for both the SPARC and
x86 platforms.

SOLUTION:
-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 125100-06 or later.

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 125101-06 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered by an anonymous person and reported via iDefense Labs.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Sun:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102869-1

iDefense:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=524

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