Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Sun Solaris, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. These issues are caused by unspecified errors in the print service, which could allow a remote unprivileged user the ability to execute arbitrary code as root or cause a denial of service.

Affected Products

Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 10

Solution

Sun Solaris 8 (SPARC) - Apply patch 109320-20 or later
Sun Solaris 9 (SPARC) - Apply patch 113329-19 or later
Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC) - Apply patch 126672-02 (as delivered in patch 127127-11) or later

Sun Solaris 8 (x86) - Apply patch 109321-20 or later
Sun Solaris 9 (x86) - Apply patch 114980-20 or later
Sun Solaris 10 (x86) - Apply patch 126673-02 (as delivered in 127128-11) or later

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1473
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-236884-1

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by the vendor.

ChangeLog

2008-05-13 : Initial release

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