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>> Sun Solstice X.25 "/dev/xty" Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Title : Sun Solstice X.25 "/dev/xty" Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-3087
CVE ID : CVE-2008-5009
CWE ID : CWE-399
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-11-10
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A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Solstice X.25, which could be exploited by malicious users to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an unspecified error which may allow a local unprivileged attacker with read permission for "/dev/xty" to panic a system with multiple CPUs, creating a denial of service condition.
Affected Products
Sun Solstice X.25 version 9.2 for Solaris 8, 9, 10
Solution
Sun Solstice X.25 9.2 (SPARC / Solaris 8, 9 and 10) - Apply patch 108669-21 or later
Sun Solstice X.25 9.2 (x86 / Solaris 8, 9 and 10) - Apply patch 108670-21 or later
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3087
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-243106-1
Credits
Vulnerability reported by the vendor.
ChangeLog
2008-11-10 : Initial release
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