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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2007.0768 -- [Solaris]
Security Vulnerability in the vuidmice(7M) STREAMS Modules
May Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition
10 October 2007
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Solaris 9 Operating System
Solaris 8 Operating System
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris
Platform: IA-32
Impact: Denial of Service
Access: Existing Account
CVE Names: CVE-2007-5319
Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-103065-1
Comment: This vulnerability requires that users have access to the system
console device.
Revision History: October 10 2007: Added CVE
October 10 2007: Initial Release
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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
* Sun Alert ID: 103065
* Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in the vuidmice(7M) STREAMS
Modules May Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition
* Category: Security
* Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
Solaris 8 Operating System
* BugIDs: 6575427
* Avoidance: Patch
* State: Resolved
* Date Released: 08-Oct-2007
* Date Closed: 08-Oct-2007
* Date Modified:
1. Impact
A security vulnerability in the vuidmice(7M) STREAMS modules may allow
a local unprivileged user who has access to the system console device
(console(7D)) to render the console unusable, which is a type of
Denial of Service (DoS).
2. Contributing Factors
This issue can occur in the following releases:
x86 Platform
* Solaris 8 without patch 114154-02
* Solaris 9 without patch 117419-03
* Solaris 10 without patch 127751-01
Note 1: Solaris on the SPARC platform is not impacted by this issue.
Note 2: This issue requires users to have access to the system console
device in order to be exploited.
3. Symptoms
If this issue is exploited, it may render the system console device
unusable and may cause garbled characters to be printed on the
console. In addition, on Solaris 10 systems, this issue may cause
smf(5) to print the following error message on the system console in a
continuous loop:
Requesting System Maintenance Mode
(See /lib/svc/share/README for more information.)
Console login service(s) cannot run
4. Relief/Workaround
There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the "Resolution"
section below.
5. Resolution
This issue is addressed in the following releases:
x86 Platform
* Solaris 8 with patch 114154-02 or later
* Solaris 9 with patch 117419-03 or later
* Solaris 10 with patch 127751-01 or later
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