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Posted on 26 January 2009
Sun AlertsWeek of 18-Jan-2009 to 24-Jan-2009
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
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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: 242267
Title: Security Vulnerability in the ACL (acl(2))
Implementation for UFS File Systems May Allow a Local
User to Panic the System
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 21-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 245446
Title: A Security Vulnerability in Sun Java System Application
Server May Expose an Application's WEB-INF and META-INF
Content
Product: Sun Java System Application Server 8.1, Sun Java System
Application Server 8.2
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 21-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 247406
Title: Security Vulnerability with IKE Packet Handling in
Solaris libike Library may Lead to a Crash of
in.iked(1M)
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 22-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 249586
Title: Security Vulnerability in the Solaris Pseudo-terminal
Driver (pty(7D)) may Cause a System Panic
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 22-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 250066
Title: A Solaris Kernel Security Vulnerability on Systems Using
the Sun UltraSPARC T2 and T2+ Processors May Allow
Denial of Service (DoS)
Product: OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 21-Jan-2009
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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Updated: 3)
Sun Alert ID: 238686
Title: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the Solaris X
Server Extensions May lead to a Denial of Service (DoS)
Condition or Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 30-Sep-2008
Last Updated: 20-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
Last Updated: 23-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 249126
Title: Incorrect Software Setting Prior to Shipping on Certain
Sun SPARC M4000/M5000 Servers May Allow Unauthorized
Access
Product: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server, Sun SPARC Enterprise
M5000 Server
Category: Security, Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 12-Jan-2009
Last Updated: 21-Jan-2009
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