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Posted on 31 August 2009
Sun AlertsWeek of 23-Aug-2009 to 29-Aug-2009
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New Preliminary Sun Alert Notifications
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New Workaround Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Workaround: 4)
Sun Alert ID: 265888
Title: Security Vulnerability in Solaris sockfs Related to HTTP
Request Handling May Allow Remote Users to Panic Web
Servers Resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS)
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System , OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 26-Aug-2009
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-265888-1
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Sun Alert ID: 266429
Title: A Security Vulnerability in the Sun Java System Web
Server Related to Handling of Dynamic Content May Lead
to Unauthorized Information Disclosure
Product: Sun Java Web Server 6.1, Sun Java Web Server 7.0
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 27-Aug-2009
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266429-1
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Sun Alert ID: 266469
Title: A Regression in Solaris Gnome-XScreenSaver (see
xscreensaver(1)) Affecting Accessibility Support and
Solaris Trusted Extensions, Making Locked Desktop
Screensaver Unresponsive
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 27-Aug-2009
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266469-1
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Sun Alert ID: 266548
Title: HIPER - Sun StorageTek VTCS may Continue to Request
Synchronous Replications to a Target VTSS System in an
Offline State
Product: Sun StorageTek VTCS 6.1, Sun StorageTek VTCS 6.2, Sun
StorageTek VTCS 7.0
Category: Data Loss
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 28-Aug-2009
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266548-1
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New Resolved Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Resolved: 2)
Sun Alert ID: 248386
Title: Security vulnerability in Solaris Related to the Apache
1.3 mod_perl(3) Module Component "PerlRun.pm" may Lead
to Denial of Service (DoS)
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 14-Jan-2009
Resolved Date: 24-Aug-2009
To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-248386-1
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Sun Alert ID: 264608
Title: A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris Print Service
(in.lpd(1M)) May Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS)
Condition
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 25-Aug-2009
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264608-1
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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Updated: 2 )
Sun Alert ID: 255308
Title: A Security Vulnerability May Allow Popup Windows to
Appear Through the Solaris XScreenSaver Program
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
Solaris 10 Operating System, OpenSolaris
Category: Security
Release Phase: Resolved
Resolved Date: 14-Aug-2009
Last Updated: 27-Aug-2009
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-255308-1
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Sun Alert ID: 265688
Title: Solaris 10 BIND Patches, T-patches and IDRs may Fail to
Install in Deferred-Activation Patching (DAP) Context
as a Result of Having Malformed pkgmap Files Caused by
a pkgmk(1) Regression
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Availability
Release Phase: Workaround
Workaround Date: 11-Aug-2009
Last Updated: 28-Aug-2009
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-265688-1
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