[SA22103] Solaris IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability

TITLE:
Solaris IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22103

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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when
processing certain IPv6 packets. This can be exploited to cause a
system panic by sending specially crafted IPv6 packets to an affected
system.

The vulnerability affects Sun Solaris 10 for the x86 platform with
IPv6 enabled.

SOLUTION:
Disable IPv6 or apply patch 118855-16 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102568-1

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