Sun Solaris syslog denial of service
| solaris-syslog-dos (29149) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Sun Solaris is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending unspecified commands, a local attacker could cause the syslog(3c) function to fail, resulting in a denial of service.
Platforms Affected:
- Sun, Solaris 10 x86
- Sun, Solaris 10 SPARC
- Sun, Solaris 8 SPARC
- Sun, Solaris 8 x86
- Sun, Solaris 9 SPARC
- Sun, Solaris 9 x86
Remedy:
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 102510 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Sun Alert ID: 102510, Security Vulnerability May Allow the syslog(3C) Service to be Disabled at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102510-1.
- ASA-2006-235: Sun Alert Notifications from Sun Weekly Report dated Sep 30 2006
- BID-20211: Sun Solaris Syslog Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-5012: Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 before 20060925 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disable syslog) and prevent security messages from being logged via unspecified vectors.
- SA22083: Sun Solaris "syslog" Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SA22587: Avaya CMS / IR Sun Solaris "syslog" Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1016929: Solaris syslog(3c) Lets Local Users Disable Syslog
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3768: Sun Solaris "syslog" Unspecified Request Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Reported:
Sep 25, 2006
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