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>> Sun Solaris TCP Implementation Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Title : Sun Solaris TCP Implementation Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1453
CVE ID : CVE-2008-2121
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-05-08
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A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Solaris, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in the TCP implementation when accepting new connections while undergoing a TCP "SYN Flood" attack, which could allow attackers to cause network connections to time out or cause a uniprocessor system to experience overall slowdown due to high CPU usage.
Affected Products
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 10
Solution
Solaris 8 (SPARC) - Apply patches 116965-33 and 117350-54 or later
Solaris 9 (SPARC) - Apply patches 114344-35 and 122300-25 or later
Solaris 10 (SPARC) - Apply patch 119998-01 or later
Solaris 8 (x86) - Apply patches 116966-32 and 117351-54 or later
Solaris 9 (x86) - Apply patches 119435-23 and 122301-25 or later
Solaris 10 (x86) - Apply patch 119999-01 or later
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1453
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200864-1
Credits
Vulnerability reported by the vendor.
ChangeLog
2008-05-08 : Initial release
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