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TITLE:
Sun Solaris IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33605

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/33605/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

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

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of IPv6
packets and can be exploited to cause a system panic.

The vulnerability is confirmed in Solaris 10 for the x86 platform.
Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Disable IPv6 support.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Kingcope

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2009-January/067709.html

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