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Date: Tue Jan 13 2009 - 19:47:04 CST

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TITLE:
Sun Solaris "aio_suspend()" Integer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33516

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33516/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/94/
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/95/
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/4813/

DESCRIPTION:
Tobias Klein has reported a vulnerability 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 integer overflow error in the
kernel when handling "SYS_kaio syscall()" requests, which can be
exploited to cause a system panic.

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 for both the
SPARC and x86 platforms.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 117350-59 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-117350-59-1

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 138577-01 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-138577-01-1

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 121394-02 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-121394-02-1

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 117351-59 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-117351-59-1

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 138578-01 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-138578-01-1

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 121395-02 or later.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-121395-02-1

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Tobias Klein

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Sun:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-247986-1

Tobias Klein:
http://trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-001.txt

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