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[SA35552] Sun Solaris IP Multicast Reception Denial of Service

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Wed Jun 24 2009 - 13:24:04 CDT


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TITLE:
Sun Solaris IP Multicast Reception Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35552

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35552/

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 a memory leak in the IP multicast
reception and can be exploited to exhaust kernel memory.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 141414-01 or later.

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 141415-01 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-262408-1

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