Nortel Response to Sun Potential DoS Vulnerabilities (fcp/devfs, RPC) in Solaris
| Description: |
Before taking any action please ensure that you are viewing the latest official version of this security advisory by referencing http://www.nortel.com/securityadvisories On November 28 & 29, 2007, Sun Microsystems announced resolution of 2 potential DoS vulnerabilies in the Solaris operating system. Some Nortel products contain this software as a component and thus are potentially affected by the vulnerability addressed. This bulletin provides a multi-product consolidated response for the Nortel products which are potentially affected. This bulletin addresses the following potential vulnerabilities: 1) Sun Alert ID: 102947 A Security Vulnerability Resulting From Solaris 10 fcp(7D) and devfs(7FS) Interaction May Allow Certain File Operations to Cause a System Hang. 2) Sun Alert ID: 103083 Race Condition in the Solaris Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) Module May Result in a System Panic Impact of Vulnerability: Potential denial of service (DoS) |
| Type: |
Security Advisories |
| Number: |
2007008522, Rev 1 |
| Status: |
Retired |
| Date: |
2008-03-14 |
