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Posted on 12 January 2009
Sun AlertsWeeks of 04-Jan-2009 to 10-Jan-2009
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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
(Total Workaround: 6)
Sun Alert ID: 247986
Title: Security Vulnerability in aio_suspend(3RT) May Lead to a
System Panic, Resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS)
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 09-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 248186
Title: Sun Blade 6000 Chassis Monitoring Module (CMM) or Sun
Blade T6300 Server Module may Exhibit Erroneous
"Failed", "Hot Insertion", and "Removal" Messages
Product: Sun Blade 6000 Modular System, Sun Blade T6300 Server
Module
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 07-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 249026
Title: Installing Certain Solaris UFS Patches May Cause
Performance Issues With Logging Enabled
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
OpenSolaris
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 07-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 249087
Title: Security Vulnerability in samba(7) Specially Crafted
Packet May Expose Arbitrary Buffer of Data
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
SAMBA
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 08-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 249146
Title: The Solaris rpc.metad(1M) Daemon is Vulnerable to a
Denial of Service (DoS) Attack
Product: Solstice Disk Suite 4.2.1, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 09-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 249366
Title: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the Adobe Reader
May Lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 09-Jan-2009
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New Resolved Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Resolved: 2)
Sun Alert ID: 248566
Title: A Security Vulnerability in the NFS Version 4 Client
Within Solaris May Lead to a System Panic
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 05-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 248586
Title: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the Flash Player
Plugin for Solaris
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 06-Jan-2009
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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Updated: 3 )
Sun Alert ID: 245626
Title: ZFS Pool Corruption May Occur With Sun Cluster 3.2
Running Solaris 10 with patch 137137-09 or 137138-09
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Availability, Data Loss
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 12-Nov-2008
Last Updated: 05-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 245806
Title: A Buffer Overflow Security Vulnerability in the Solaris
sadmind(1M) Daemon May Lead to Execution of Arbitrary
Code
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 14-Nov-2008
Last Updated: 09-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 248486
Title: An Issue in the Solaris LDAP Daemon May Cause the System
to Hang
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 23-Dec-2008
Last Updated: 05-Jan-2009
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