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Posted on 09 March 2009
Sun AlertsWeek of 01-Mar-2009 to 07-Mar-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: 253948
Title: Kernel Patches/Changes may Stop Sun Cluster Nodes From
Joining the Cluster
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 05-Mar-2009
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New Resolved Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Resolved: 6)
Sun Alert ID: 247046
Title: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Sun
Management Center (SunMC) Performance Reporting Module
Product: Sun Management Center 3.6.1, Sun Management Center 4.0
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 04-Mar-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: Resolved
Resolved Date: 06-Mar-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 252469
Title: Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability in NFSv4 Server
Kernel Module
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 06-Mar-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 254088
Title: A Security Vulnerability With the Solaris Crypto Driver
May Cause a System Panic
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 04-Mar-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 254148
Title: Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 with XAUI Card and Certain
FCAL HBA Cards in Same Riser May Cause XAUI Card to
Fail POST or XAUI Card Port To Go Offline Frequently
Product: Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 Server, Single 10-Gigabit
Ethernet XAUI Adapter, 4Gigabit/Sec PCI-E Single FC
Host Adapter, 4Gigabit/Sec PCI-E Dual FC Host Adapter,
2-Slot x8 PCI Express/XAUI Riser
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 04-Mar-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 254208
Title: A Security Vulnerability in the xterm(1) program
Delivered With OpenSolaris Involving the Parsing of
Device Control Request Status String (DECRQSS)
Sequences May Lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code
Product: OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 05-Mar-2009
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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Updated: 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: Preliminary
Workaround Date: 12-Feb-2009
Last Updated: 05-Mar-2009
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