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Sun Solaris UFS logging denial of service vulnerability

Sun Solaris UFS logging denial of service vulnerability

Date Discovered: 2005. szeptember 22.
Date Published: 2005. szeptember 22.
Last Updated: 2005. szeptember 29.

Vulnerability Description

Vulnerability ID:          33405
Discovered By:            vendor
Exploitable Locally:     Yes
Exploitable Remotely: No
Impact:                        Local attackers can cause a denial of service condition.
Root Cause:                 Software Vulnerability

Sun Solaris contains a vulnerability that can allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition. The vulnerability can occur when UFS logging is enabled. An unprivileged user who can write to a UFS mount can cause the system to hang.

Affected Technologies
Sun: Solaris 8
Sun: Solaris 8_x86
Sun: Solaris 9
Sun: Solaris 9_x86
Sun: SUNWcarx.u
Sun: SUNWcarx.us
Sun: SUNWcsr
Sun: SUNWcsu
Sun: SUNWcsxu
Sun: SUNWhea

 

 

More information on CA Vulnerability Information Center: 
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=33405

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2005-10-02 11:59

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