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>> Sun Solaris "sendfilev()" System Call Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Title : Sun Solaris "sendfilev()" System Call Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2337
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3666
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-08-12
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A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Solaris and OpenSolaris, which could be exploited by attackers or malicious users to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an unspecified error related to the "sendfilev()" system call, which could allow a user who has the ability to create pages that are hosted on a Solaris 10 system using Apache 2.2.x, to cause a system panic and create a denial of service condition.
Affected Products
Sun Solaris 10
Sun OpenSolaris builds snv_01 through snv_95
Solution
Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC) - Apply patch 137111-04 or later
Sun OpenSolaris (SPARC) - Upgrade to build snv_96 or later
Sun Solaris 10 (x86) - Apply patch 137112-04 or later
Sun OpenSolaris - Upgrade to build snv_96 or later
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2337
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-239186-1
Credits
Vulnerability reported by the vendor.
ChangeLog
2008-08-12 : Initial release
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