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Posted on 02 February 2009
Sun AlertsWeek of 25-Jan-2009 to 31-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
(Total Preliminary: 1)
Sun Alert ID: 250826
Title: Security Vulnerability in OpenSSL due to Improper Usage
of Signature
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Preliminary
Preliminary Date: 29-Jan-2009
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New Workaround Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Workaround: 3)
Sun Alert ID: 250426
Title: Shutting Down a Solaris System That Uses the New SPARC
Boot Technology May Fail if Certain Software is
Installed OR if Patches or Other Layered Software Have
Installed New Drivers
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 27-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 250846
Title: Security Vulnerability in Solaris BIND named(1M) due to
Incorrect DNSSEC Signature Verification
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 27-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 251006
Title: A Security Vulnerability in Solaris IPv6 Implementation
(ip6(7p)) May Cause a System Panic
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 27-Jan-2009
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New Resolved Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Resolved: 8)
Sun Alert ID: 238630
Title: Installing Solaris 10 Fibre Channel Device Driver
Patches Without an Immediate Reboot May Cause a System
Panic
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 28-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 239886
Title: Security Vulnerabilities in the Embedded Lights Out
Manager (ELOM) on Sun Fire X2100 M2 and X2200 M2 May
Allow Unauthorized Logins
Product: Sun Fire X2100 M2 Server, Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 28-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 240086
Title: A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris ip(7P) Kernel
Module's IP-in-IP Packet Processing May Lead to a
Denial of Service (DoS)
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 28-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 240586
Title: Adding or Removing a PCI Card with a PCI-PCI Bridge May
Change Device Paths on Solaris X86 Systems
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 29-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 242026
Title: A Security Vulnerability in Sun Java System Access
Manager May Allow a Remote Unprivileged User to
Determine the Existence of "guessed" Usernames
Product: Sun Java System Access Manager 6 2005Q1 (6.3), Sun Java
System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 (7.0), Sun Java System
Access Manager 7.1
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 27-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 248026
Title: Security Vulnerability in the Solaris IP(7p)
Implementation, Related to Minor Number Allocation, may
Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 30-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 249966
Title: Security Vulnerability in the Solaris "autofs" Kernel
Module may Allow a Local Unprivileged User to Execute
Arbitrary Code
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 26-Jan-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 250606
Title: "Install and Patch Utilities" Patches May Cause Patch
Installation to Fail When Using Patch Management Tools
to Control Patch Installation
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 27-Jan-2009
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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Updated: 1)
Sun Alert ID: 237605
Title: Sun StorageTek T3+ (T3B) Array and Sun StorageTek 6120,
6320 and 6920 Arrays May Reboot Unexpectedly and Lose
Host Connectivity after 994 Days of Continuous
Operation
Product: Sun StorEdgeTek T3+ Array , Sun StorEdgeTek 6120 Array,
Sun StorEdgeTek 6320 Array, Sun StorEdgeTek 3910 , Sun
StorEdgeTek 3960 , Sun StorEdgeTek 6910 , Sun
StorEdgeTek 6920 , Sun StorEdgeTek 6960
Category: Availability, Data Loss
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 08-May-2008
Last Updated: 28-Jan-2009
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