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>> Sun Solaris "fcp" and "devfs" Interaction Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Title : Sun Solaris "fcp" and "devfs" Interaction Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-4043
CVE ID : CVE-2007-6216
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-11-30
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A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Solaris, which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in the Fibre Channel Protocol driver (fcp) and Devices File System (devfs) interaction, which could allow a local unprivileged user to cause commands such as "cfgadm" or "format" to hang when run, or cause a vulnerable system to hang, creating a denial of service condition.
Affected Products
Sun Solaris 10
Solution
Solaris 10 (SPARC) - Apply patch 128491-01 or later
Solaris 10 (x86) - Apply patch 128492-01 or later
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4043
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102947-1
Credits
Vulnerability reported by the vendor.
ChangeLog
2007-11-30 : Initial release
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