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Posted on 02 March 2009
Sun AlertsWeek of 22-Feb-2009 to 28-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
None
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New Workaround Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Workaround: 2)
Sun Alert ID: 253448
Title: Solaris 9 nss_files Patch 115545-04 (SPARC) and
115546-05 (x86) WITHDRAWN, may Cause a System Hang
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 24-Feb-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 253628
Title: Certain Solaris SPARC Systems may Experience 95 Year
Time Jumps
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Data Loss, Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 27-Feb-2009
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search for the Sun Alert ID above.
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New Resolved Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Resolved: 2)
Sun Alert ID: 251986
Title: Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 5.5 may Lead to Cross
Site Scripting (XSS) or Directory Traversal
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 25-Feb-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 253668
Title: Sun System Firmware Patch 139442-01 (WITHDRAWN) Leaves
Sun Netra T5220 Platform Unable to Power On Host After
a Power Cycle
Product: Sun Netra T5220 Server
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 27-Feb-2009
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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Updated: 2)
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: 25-Feb-2009
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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: Workaround
Preliminary Date: 29-Jan-2009
Workaround Date: 18-Feb-2009
Last Updated: 27-Feb-2009
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