August 2006

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Ref: 516/2006
Date: 08 August 2006:14:44:01
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Title: SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT Week of 30-Jul-2006 - 05-Aug-2006
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Vendors affected: Sun
Operating systems affected: Sun
Applications affected: Sun

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SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT
Week of 30-Jul-2006 - 05-Aug-2006

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Welcome to the Sun(SM) Alert Weekly Summary Report, the newsletter
that provides you with a weekly listing of newly released and
updated Sun Alert Notifications. It is being distributed
to inform you about critical hardware and software issues that
could impact the availability, security, and data integrity of
your computing environment.



SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT

Week of 30-Jul-2006 - 05-Aug-2006

Welcome to the Sun(SM) Alert Weekly Summary Report, the newsletter
that provides you with a weekly listing of newly released and
updated Sun Alert Notifications. It is being distributed
to inform you about critical hardware and software issues that
could impact the availability, security, and data integrity of
your computing environment.

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ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS

* Changes to Patch Access on SunSolve

* Newly Released Sun Alert Notifications

* Updated Sun Alert Notifications

* Additional Sun Alert Information

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Changes to Patch Access on SunSolve
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Starting in mid July 2006, Sun is changing its methods to access Sun
Software Updates (patches). It will become easier and simpler for
you. You will only need a Sun Online Account to access Software
Updates. For customers who use Anonymous FTP, please be aware that
access to Sun Software Updates via anonymous FTP will no longer be
available as of late August 2006.

For more information, go to:

* http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-9-82023-1

* http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-9-83061-1

For questions, contact: patchpolicy@sun.com

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Newly Released Sun Alert Notifications
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(Total Released: 4)

Sun Alert ID: 102542 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: With SMS Patch 117866-03 Installed, Sun Fire
12K/15K/E20K/E25K Domains May Experience Unexpected
Shutdowns
Product: System Management Services 1.4.1 Software
Category: Availability, Availability
Date Released: 02-Aug-2006
Date Closed: 02-Aug-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102542-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102543 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Security Vulnerability on Sun Fire T2000 With
Solaris 10 (3/05 HW2)
Product: Sun Fire T2000 Server, Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security
Date Released: 01-Aug-2006
Date Closed: 01-Aug-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102543-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102546
Synopsis: Sun Cluster on Solaris 10 Using Solaris Volume
Manager (SVM) Metasets May Fail to Fail-Over the
SVM Metasets
Product: Sun Cluster 3.1
Category: Availability
Date Released: 01-Aug-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102546-1
(before accessing this Sun Alert document please login to a
SunSolve Online Account with a Sun Spectrum Support Contract
at http://sunsolve.sun.com -> "Login")

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Sun Alert ID: 102548
Synopsis: ld(1) and ld.so.1(1) May Behave Unexpectedly or
Cause Applications to Behave Unexpectedly
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 8 Operating
System
Category: Availability
Date Released: 03-Aug-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102548-1
(before accessing this Sun Alert document please login to a
SunSolve Online Account with a Sun Spectrum Support Contract
at http://sunsolve.sun.com -> "Login")


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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
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(Total Updated: 2)

Sun Alert ID: 102127 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Performance Degradation Reported in Controller
Firmware Releases 4.1x on Sun StorEdge 3310/351x
Arrays for All RAID Types and Certain Patterns of
I/O
Product: Sun StorEdge 3310 SCSI Array, Sun StorEdge 3510 FC
Array, Sun StorEdge 3511 SATA Array
Category: Availability
Date Released: 12-Jan-2006, 01-Aug-2006
Date Closed: 01-Aug-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102127-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102340 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Patches 119764-04 and 119765-04 May Cause Loss of
Functionality of ipmitool(1m) Commands
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Availability
Date Released: 09-May-2006, 03-Aug-2006
Date Closed: 03-Aug-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102340-1


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Additional Sun Alert Information
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* Accessing Sun Alert Notifications

Sun Alert Notifications are accessed on http://sun.com/sunsolve
under SunSolve Collections, Advanced Search, Browse Documents or
Security Sun Alerts


* Sun Alert Patch Report

http://sun.com/sunsolve/sunalert_patches.html

This is a comprehensive report of patches mentioned in the Resolution
section of Sun Alert documents and is available from SunSolve on the
Patch Portal page. It is updated daily and organized by product.


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Best regards,
Sun Alert Program Office
Sun Microsystems, Inc.


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