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Posted on 17 February 2009
Sun AlertsWeek of 08-Feb-2009 to 14-Feb-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
(Total Workaround: 1)
Sun Alert ID: 252767
Title: A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris Kerberos PAM
Module May Allow Use of a User Specified Kerberos
Configuration File, Leading to Escalation of Privileges
Product: Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism 1.0.1, Solaris 9
Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 12-Feb-2009
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New Resolved Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Resolved: 5)
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: Resolved
Resolved Date: 10-Feb-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 250086
Title: A Security Vulnerability in Sun Java System Directory
Server May Allow Specific Requests to Crash the
Directory Server Causing a Denial of Service (DoS)
Product: Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 5,
Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 10-Feb-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 251086
Title: A Security Vulnerability in the Sun Java System Server,
Related to the Directory Proxy Server, May Lead to a
Denial of Service (DoS) Condition
Product: Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0,
Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition
6.1, Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise
Edition 6.2, Sun Java System Directory Server
Enterprise Edition 6.3
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 12-Feb-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 251406
Title: Security Vulnerabilities in the libxml2 Library Routines
xmlBufferResize() and xmlSAX2Characters() May Lead to
Arbitrary Code Execution or Denial of Service (DoS)
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 09-Feb-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 252266
Title: Sun Virtual Desktop Connector 1.0 Patch 127559-03
(WITHDRAWN) for Solaris 10 may Cause SunRay or Sun
Secure Global Desktop Sessions Fail to Connect to
Virtual Desktops
Product: Sun Virtual Desktop Connector 1.0
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 10-Feb-2009
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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Updated: 4)
Sun Alert ID: 247186
Title: A Security Vulnerability in Solaris Secure Shell (SSH)
May Expose Some Plain Text From Encrypted Traffic
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 05-Dec-2008
Last Updated: 09-Feb-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: 11-Feb-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
Last Updated: 11-Feb-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 251446
Title: Netra T2000 With PCI Tray 371-1959-02 and Netra X4200 M2
With PCI Tray 371-2368-03 Do Not Configure 1x or 4x
PCIE Cards
Product: Netra T2000 Server, Netra X4200 M2 Server
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 02-Feb-2009
Last Updated: 13-Feb-2009
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