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>> Sun Solaris "snmpXdmid" Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Title : Sun Solaris "snmpXdmid" Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1965
CVE ID : CVE-2008-2946
CWE ID : CWE-19
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-06-30
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A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Solaris, which could be exploited by remote or local attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an unspecified error in the Sun Solstice Enterprise SNMP-DMI mapper subagent daemon (snmpXdmid) when processing malformed packets, which could be exploited by attackers to kill the daemon process, creating a denial of service condition.
Affected Products
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 10
Solution
Sun Solaris 8 (SPARC) - Apply patch 108869-35
Sun Solaris 9 (SPARC) - Apply patch 137402-01
Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC) - Apply patch 128415-01
Sun Solaris 8 (x86) - Apply patch 108870-35
Sun Solaris 9 (x86) - Apply patch 137403-01
Sun Solaris 10 (x86) - Apply patch 128416-01
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1965
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-237985-1
Credits
Vulnerability reported by IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force.
ChangeLog
2008-06-30 : Initial release
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