Sun Solaris BSM denial of service
| sun-solaris-bsm-dos (34003) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Sun Solaris is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an unspecified vulnerability in the Solaris Auditing feature. If Solaris Auditing (BSM) is enabled for specific classes, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a system panic.
Platforms Affected:
- Sun, Solaris 9 x86
- Sun, Solaris 9 SPARC
- Sun, Solaris 9
Remedy:
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 102900 for patch or upgrade information. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Sun Alert ID: 102900, Solaris 9 Systems With Solaris Auditing (BSM) Enabled may Panic if Certain Audit Classes are Being Audited at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102900-1.
- ASA-2007-228: Solaris 9 Systems With Solaris Auditing (BSM) Enabled may Panic if Certain Audit Classes are Being Audited (Sun 102900)
- BID-23751: Sun Solaris 9 Auditing BSM Unspecified Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-2465: Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Solaris 9, when Solaris Auditing (BSM) is enabled for file read, write, attribute modify, create, or delete audit classes, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors, possibly related to the audit_savepath function.
- SA25081: Sun Solaris 9 Auditing BSM Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1017992: Solaris BSM Auditing Lets Local Users Crash the System
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1611: Sun Solaris Auditing (BSM) Audit Classes Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Reported:
May 01, 2007
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