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Posted on 10 November 2008
Sun AlertsWeek of 02-Nov-2008 to 08-Nov-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
* New and Updated Sun Alerts for 3 Release Phases:
Preliminary, Workaround and Resolved
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New Preliminary Sun Alert Notifications
None
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New Workaround Sun Alert Notifications
None
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New Resolved Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Resolved: 5)
Sun Alert ID: 242886
Title: Solaris 10 fifofs Patches 127737-02 and 127738-02
WITHDRAWN, May Cause a System Panic
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 07-Nov-2008
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Sun Alert ID: 243106
Title: Security Vulnerability in Solstice X.25 May Allow Denial
of Service (DoS)
Product: Solstice X.25 9.2
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 07-Nov-2008
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Sun Alert ID: 243806
Title: Security Vulnerabilities in DHCP Handling of DHCP
Requests May Allow Remote Users to Execute Arbitrary
Code or Cause a Denial of the DHCP Service
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 07-Nov-2008
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Sun Alert ID: 244826
Title: A Security Vulnerability in the Sun System Firmware on
Certain SPARC Systems May Allow Unauthorized Data
Access
Product: Sun System Firmware 6.6.x, Sun System Firmware 7.1.x
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 05-Nov-2008
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Sun Alert ID: 245146
Title: Sun System Firmware 7.1.0.b or 7.1.0.g on the Sun SPARC
Enterprise T5140/T5240 May Cause Data Corruption
Product: Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 Server, Sun SPARC Enterprise
T5240 Server
Category: Data Loss
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 06-Nov-2008
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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Updated: 3)
Sun Alert ID: 237804
Title: Certain Solaris 10 Patches May Cause Systems Using SVM
With 4-way Mirrors to Core Dump on SVM Commands
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 16-May-2008
Last Updated: 05-Nov-2008
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Sun Alert ID: 243486
Title: A Security Vulnerability in the Sun Integrated
Lights-Out Manager (ILOM) may Allow Unauthorized Access
Through the Web Interface
Product: Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 Server, Sun SPARC Enterprise
T5220 Server, Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 Server, Sun
SPARC Enterprise T5240 Server, Sun SPARC Enterprise
T5440 Server, Sun Blade T6320, Sun Netra T5220, Sun
Netra T5440, Sun Netra CP3260, Sun Netra CT900 ATCA
Blade Server, Sun Fire X2250, Sun Fire X4100, Sun Fire
X4100 M2 , Sun Fire X4140, Sun Fire X4150, Sun Fire
X4200, Sun Fire X4200 M2, Sun Fire X4240, Sun Fire
X4250, Sun Fire X4440
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 21-Oct-2008
Last Updated: 03-Nov-2008
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Sun Alert ID: 244606
Title: Solaris 10 SPARC Kernel patch 137111-01 or Later
Enforces Mutex Alignment Rules and may Cause Some
Applications to Fail
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 28-Oct-2008
Last Updated: 04-Nov-2008
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