Overview
There is a vulnerability in the Sun Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) that could allow a local user to cause a denial-of-service condition.
Description
The Sun Volume Manager is a component of the Solaris operating system and provides disk and storage management. There is a vulnerability in the way the Sun Volume Manager handles certain types of probe requests. By supplying an incorrectly formed probe request, a local user could cause a denial-of-service condition on a Solaris 9 system with this service configured. |
Impact
A local user could cause a denial-of-service condition. |
Solution
Apply patch Sun has issued an advisory which addresses this issue. For more information on patches available for your system, please refer to Sun Security Alert 57598. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported by Sun Microsystems.
This document was written by Damon Morda.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | None |
| Severity Metric: | 2.70 |
| Date Public: | 2004-07-16 |
| Date First Published: | 2004-07-26 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2004-07-26 19:10 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 9 |