September 2006

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Ref: 623/2006
Date: 26 September 2006:14:33:30
Version: 1

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Title: SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT Week of 17-Sep-2006 - 23-Sep-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 17-Sep-2006 - 23-Sep-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 17-Sep-2006 - 23-Sep-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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*UPDATED* Changes to Patch Access on SunSolve
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On Monday, September 18, 2006, customers will no longer be able to access Sun patches through Anonymous FTP. The ability to transport
large support files to Sun will remain via ftp or http://supportfiles.sun.com.


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: 2)

Sun Alert ID: 102625
Synopsis: vxdisk(1M) "resize" Operation May Execute Against
the Wrong Device
Product: VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.0 Software, VERITAS
Storage Foundation 4.1 Software
Category: Data Loss
Date Released: 20-Sep-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102625-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102639 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Signed Patches: A New Signing Certificate Will be
Used Beginning September 24, 2006
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating
System, Solaris 8 Operating System
Category: Availability
Date Released: 23-Sep-2006
Date Closed: 23-Sep-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102639-1

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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
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(Total Updated: 2)

Sun Alert ID: 102549 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Certain Patches for Solaris 10 May Cause 3rd Party
Streams Drivers to Hang or Panic the System on
Boot-Up
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Availability
Date Released: 07-Aug-2006, 22-Sep-2006
Date Closed: 22-Sep-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102549-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102614 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Certain Patches on Solaris Systems May Cause a
Process to Hang While Waiting to Write Into a Pipe
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating
System, Solaris 8 Operating System
Category: Availability
Date Released: 13-Sep-2006, 22-Sep-2006
Date Closed: 22-Sep-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102614-1
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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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Thanks for tuning in to the Sun Alert Weekly Summary Report!

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


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