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Posted on 02 June 2008
Sun AlertsWeek of 25-May-2008 to 31-May-2008
Welcome to the Sun 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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ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS
* Newly Released Sun Alerts for 3 Release Phases:
Preliminary, Workaround and Resolved
* NEW Information on the availability of the Sun Alert Patch Report
The Patch Report is not this report but a list of patches
that are in the Resolution section of a Sun Alert (if applicable) .
This report is no longer available on SunSolve, however
a new TEXT version is available at:
https://supportuploads.sun.com/download?directory=downloads&file=SApatches%2dpub%2etxt
or go to http://supportfiles.sun.com/download and enter the following
file name, SApatches-pub.txt, from the directory named "downloads".
Please reply to http://sun.com/newsletters/ with comments on this
new alternative Sun Alert Patch report.
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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: 237764
Title: Two Security Vulnerabilities in samba(7) WINS Server
Daemon (nmbd) May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code or
Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 30-May-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-237764-1
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: 238251
Title: A Security Vulnerability in samba(7) Domain logons may
allow execution of Arbitrary code with Root privileges
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
SAMBA 3.0.0, SAMBA 3.0.27
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 30-May-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238251-1
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: 6)
Sun Alert ID: 200200 Previous ID: 102778
Title: Small Appending Writes May Result in Data Loss in
Sun/Solaris Cluster 3.1 or 3.2 Filesystem
Product: Sun Cluster 3.1, Solaris Cluster 3.2
Category: Availability, Data Loss
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 29-May-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200200-1
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: 201254 Previous ID: 103120
Title: On Systems Running Solaris Cluster 3.2, "scdpmd" May
Leak Memory and Render the System Unusable When
"reboot_on_path_failure" Property is Enabled
Product: Solaris Cluster 3.2
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 30-May-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201254-1
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: 201341
Title: A Security Vulnerability in the Sun Cluster Global File
System
Product: Sun Cluster 3.1
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 30-May-2008
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201341-1
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SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Sun Alert ID: 233283
Title: Solaris 10 Kernel Update Patches Remove Contents of
"/etc/inet/secret/ike.preshared" File
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 27-May-2008
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-233283-1
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search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Sun Alert ID: 237864
Title: A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris crontab(1)
utility may allow execution of Arbitrary Code
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 30-May-2008
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-237864-1
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Sun Alert ID: 238045
Title: On Solaris 10 the "nxge" Driver for Specific Ethernet
Cards May Report Excessive and Spurious Errors
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 30-May-2008
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search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Updated: 6)
Sun Alert ID: 200864
Title: Security Vulnerability in the TCP Implementation of
Solaris Systems May Allow a Denial of Service When
Accepting New Connections While Undergoing a TCP "SYN
Flood" Attack
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 06-May-2008
Last Updated: 28-May-2008
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200864-1
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SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Sun Alert ID: 201255
Title: JSP Source Code Disclosure Vulnerability Affects Sun
Java System Application Server and Web Server
Product: Sun Java System Application Server Standard Edition 7
2004Q2, Sun Java System Web Server 7.0, Sun Java System
Web Server 6.1, Sun Java System Application Server
Enterprise Edition 7 2004Q2
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 06-May-2008
Last Updated: 27-May-2008
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201255-1
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: 201285 Previous ID: 102848
Title: Some Sun "Type 7" Keyboards May Become Unresponsive
After Extended Idle Time of a SunRay Session
Product: Sun Ray 2, Sun Ray 2FS
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 06-Apr-2007
Last Updated: 27-May-2008
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201285-1
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: 231801
Title: Persistent Reservation Commands Processed Slowly on Sun
StorageTek Arrays May Cause Loss of Access or Timeouts
to Filesystems
Product: Sun StorageTek 6140, Sun StorageTek 6540, Sun StorageTek
Flexline 380
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Premiminary Date: 15-Feb-2008
Last Updated: 29-May-2008
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231801-1
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Sun Alert ID: 233922
Title: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in ICU 3.2 Library
Regular Expression Processing May Cause a Denial of
Service (DoS)
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 07-Mar-2008
Last Updated: 29-May-2008
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-233922-1
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Sun Alert ID: 236884
Title: Security Vulnerabilities in Solaris Print Service May
Lead to Denial of Service (DoS) or Execution of
Arbitrary Code
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 09-May-2008
Last Updated: 27-May-2008
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-236884-1
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SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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Additional Information:
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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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