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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                        ESB-2006.0539 -- [Solaris]
    Security Vulnerability on Sun Fire T2000 With Solaris 10 (3/05 HW2)
                               3 August 2006

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              Sun Fire T2000 Server, Solaris 10 Operating System
Publisher:            Sun Microsystems
Operating System:     Solaris 10
Platform:             Sun Fire T2000
Impact:               Provide Misleading Information
Access:               Existing Account

Original Bulletin:    
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-102543-1

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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
     * Sun Alert ID: 102543
     * Synopsis: Security Vulnerability on Sun Fire T2000 With Solaris 10
       (3/05 HW2)
     * Category: Security
     * Product: Sun Fire T2000 Server, Solaris 10 Operating System
     * BugIDs: 6338338
     * Avoidance: Patch, Upgrade
     * State: Resolved
     * Date Released: 01-Aug-2006
     * Date Closed: 01-Aug-2006
     * Date Modified: 

1. Impact

   The crypto provider in Solaris 10 3/05 HW2 when running on Sun Fire
   T2000 platforms might incorrectly verify a DSA signature. Applications
   which depend on the results of this DSA signature verification might
   be vulnerable to trusting data which could have been tampered with.

2. Contributing Factors

   This issue can occur on the following platform:
     * Sun Fire T2000 with Solaris 10 (3/05 HW2) without patch
       121236-01

   Note: This issue only affects T2000 systems with Solaris 10 3/05 HW2
   installed.

   To determine if a system has this version of Solaris 10 installed
   (3/05 HW2), the following command can be run:
    % cat /etc/release
               Solaris 10 3/05 HW2 s10s_hw2wos_05 SPARC
        Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
               Use is subject to license terms.
                 Assembled 26 September 2005


3. Symptoms

   There are no symptoms that would indicate this vulnerability has been
   exploited. 

4. Relief/Workaround

   There is no workaround to this issue. Please see the Resolution
   section below.

5. Resolution

   This issue is addressed in the following releases:
     * Sun Fire T2000 (with Solaris 10) with patch 121236-01 or later
     * Sun Fire T2000 with Solaris 10 Update 1 or later

   Note: The T2000 platform is now shipping with Solaris 10 Update 1
   installed.

   This Sun Alert notification is being provided to you on an "AS IS"
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   Copyright 2000-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa
   Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. All rights reserved

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