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Posted on 11 February 2008
Sun AlertsWeek of 03-Feb-2008 to 09-Feb-2008
Welcome to the Sun(SM) Alert Weekly Summary Report, the newsletter
that provides you with a weekly listing of newly released and
updated Sun Alert Notifications. It is being distributed
to inform you about critical hardware and software issues that
could impact the availability, security, and data integrity of
your computing environment.
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SunSpectrum Member Support Center and changes to SunSolve:
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Changes to the Online Support Center (OSC) :
* New OSC wiki http://wikis.sun.com/display/osc
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ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS
* Newly Released Sun Alert Notifications
* Updated Sun Alert Notifications
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New Preliminary Sun Alert Notifications
None
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New Workaround Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Workaround: 2)
Sun Alert ID: 231241
Title: Attempts to Install Patch 124898-08 on Brocade Switches
3250, 3850, 3900, and 24000 Will Fail
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 08-Feb-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231241-1
If this Sun Alert document is not publicly available, go to the
SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Sun Alert ID: 231441
Title: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Solaris 10 Firefox
and Thunderbird
Product: Firefox 2.0, Thunderbird 2.0, Solaris 10 Operating
System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 08-Feb-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231441-1
If this Sun Alert document is not publicly available, go to the
SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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New Resolved Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Resolved: 8)
Sun Alert ID: 200183
Title: Security Vulnerability May Allow Firewall Compromise or
Creation of Denial of Service (DoS) Condition
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
Solaris 8 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 08-Feb-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200183-1
If this Sun Alert document is not publicly available, go to the
SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Sun Alert ID: 200559 Previous ID: 103197
Title: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL Shipped
with Solaris 10 May Allow Elevation of Privileges or
Denial of Service (DoS)
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 05-Feb-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200559-1
If this Sun Alert document is not publicly available, go to the
SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Sun Alert ID: 200635
Title: Security Vulnerability in the vuidmice(7M) STREAMS
Modules May Lead to a System Panic
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 06-Feb-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200635-1
If this Sun Alert document is not publicly available, go to the
SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Sun Alert ID: 201316
Title: A Security Vulnerability in the USB Mouse STREAMS Module
May Lead to a System Panic
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 05-Feb-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201316-1
If this Sun Alert document is not publicly available, go to the
SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Sun Alert ID: 230901 Previous ID: 103205
Title: Security Vulnerability in the Solaris X Server May Lead
to Unauthorized Disclosure of Information on Access
Restricted Files and Directories
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
Solaris 8 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 06-Feb-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-230901-1
If this Sun Alert document is not publicly available, go to the
SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Sun Alert ID: 231261
Title: Two Vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment May
Independently Allow an Untrusted Application or Applet
to Elevate Privileges
Product: Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 05-Feb-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231261-1
If this Sun Alert document is not publicly available, go to the
SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Sun Alert ID: 231401
Title: Trusted Solaris 8 Daylight Saving Time (DST) Update
Product: Trusted Solaris 8 Operating System
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 06-Feb-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231401-1
If this Sun Alert document is not publicly available, go to the
SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Sun Alert ID: 231462
Title: Certain Solaris Patches Disable the Use of patchadd(1M)
and Jumpstart When using nfs(4) Mounted Patch Locations
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 07-Feb-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231462-1
If this Sun Alert document is not publicly available, go to the
SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Updated: 2)
Sun Alert ID: 201230 Previous ID: 103192
Title: A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris X Window System
(X(5)) PCF Font Handler May Lead to Execution of
Arbitrary Code or a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
Solaris 8 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 01-Feb-2008
Last Updated: 05-Feb-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201230-1
If this Sun Alert document is not publicly available, go to the
SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Sun Alert ID: 201505 Previous ID: 103125
Title: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in JavaScript Engine
in Mozilla 1.7 for Solaris 8, 9 and 10
Product: Mozilla v1.7, Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10
Operating System, Solaris 8 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 26-Oct-2007
Last Updated: 07-Feb-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201505-1
If this Sun Alert document is not publicly available, go to the
SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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