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TITLE:
Sun Solaris IPv4 Forwarding Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33148

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https://secunia.com/advisories/33148/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 10
https://secunia.com/advisories/product/4813/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in IPv4
forwarding, which can be exploited to cause a system panic.

Successful exploitation requires that a system is configured to use
IPv4, has a network route with a gateway of 127.0.0.1, and that the
route does not have the blackhole flag set.

The vulnerability is reported in Sun Solaris 10 with patch 120011-14
(SPARC) and Sun Solaris 10 with patch 120012-14 (x86).

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 138888-01 or later.

OpenSolaris:
Fixed in build snv_83 or later.

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 138889-01 or later.

OpenSolaris:
Fixed in build snv_83 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-241126-1

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