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Posted on 03 August 2009
Sun AlertsWelcome 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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New Preliminary Sun Alert Notifications
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New Workaround Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Workaround: 2)
Sun Alert ID: 264408
Title: Solaris 10 Systems Using the hme(7D) Driver May Hang On
Boot if the Install Image Contains Patch 140179-02
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 27-Jul-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 264828
Title: A Security Vulnerability in Solaris BIND named(1M) Due
to Insufficient Input Validation of Dynamic Update
Requests Can Lead to Denial of Service (DoS)
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 29-Jul-2009
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New Resolved Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Resolved: 4)
Sun Alert ID: 259148
Title: Security Vulnerability in the Solaris Simple
Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Library (see
libsasl(3LIB)) Routine sasl_encode64(3SASL) may Allow
Unprivileged Users to Crash Applications Using this
Function
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 28-Jul-2009
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259148-1
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Sun Alert ID: 264308
Title: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Firefox Versions
Prior to 3.5b4 May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code or
Access to Unauthorized Data
Product: OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 29-Jul-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 264429
Title: Race Condition Security Vulnerability in Solaris
Auditing Related to Extended File Attributes May Allow
Local Unprivileged Users to Panic the System
Product: Solaris 9, Solaris 10, OpenSolaris
Category: Availability, Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 27-Jul-2009
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Sun Alert ID: 264808
Title: Security Vulnerability in Solaris Trusted Extensions
Involving the Parsing of Labeled Packets May Result in
Denial of Service (DoS)
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security, Availability
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 29-Jul-2009
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264808-1
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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Updated: 1)
Sun Alert ID: 252787
Title: A Security Vulnerability in Solaris Kerberos Credential
Management May Lead to Unauthorized Access of
Kerberized NFS Mount Points
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System , Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 03-Jun-2009
Last Updated: 29-Jul-2009
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