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Home > Products and services > CSIRTUK advisories > Advisories archive > October 2006 > SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT - Week of 01-Oct-2006 - 07-Oct-2006

October 2006

SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT - Week of 01-Oct-2006 - 07-Oct-2006

ID: 00693
Ref: 665/2006
Date: 10 October 2006:11:11:02
Version: 1

Title: SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT - Week of 01-Oct-2006 - 07-Oct-2006
Abstract: 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.
Vendors affected: Sun
Operating systems affected: Sun
Applications affected: Sun

SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT

Week of 01-Oct-2006 - 07-Oct-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

* Newly Released Sun Alert Notifications

* Updated Sun Alert Notifications

* Additional Sun Alert Information

* Changes to Patch Access on SunSolve

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Newly Released Sun Alert Notifications
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(Total Released: 8)

Sun Alert ID: 102606 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in Solaris 10 Link
Aggregation may Allow Local Users Total Access to
Network Packets
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security
Date Released: 06-Oct-2006
Date Closed: 06-Oct-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102606-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102636 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Host May Panic In Veritas Oracle Disk Manager (ODM)
Driver After 'DR' Operation
Product: VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 Software
Category: Availability
Date Released: 02-Oct-2006
Date Closed: 02-Oct-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102636-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102640 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in Apache 2 Web Server
Module 'mod_ssl'
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security
Date Released: 04-Oct-2006
Date Closed: 04-Oct-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102640-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102648
Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in RSA Signature
Verification Impacting Multiple SUN Products
Product: Sun Security Services
Category: Security
Date Released: 02-Oct-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102648-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102651 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Platform Specific Issues on Sun Fire T1000/T2000
Systems Can Cause the System to Panic
Product: Sun Fire T2000 Server, Sun Fire T1000 Server
Category: Availability, Availability
Date Released: 02-Oct-2006
Date Closed: 02-Oct-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102651-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102652
Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in X Display Manager
(xdm(1)) Xsession Script
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating
System, Solaris 8 Operating System
Category: Security
Date Released: 06-Oct-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102652-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102655
Synopsis: Certain Brocade Switches May Panic When Performing
Zone Changes
Product: Brocade SilkWorm 3850 Fabric Switch, Brocade
SilkWorm 24000 Director, Brocade SilkWorm 3250
Fabric Switch, Brocade SilkWorm 200E Fibre Channel
Switch, Brocade 12000 2 GB Switch, Brocade SilkWorm
48000 Director, Brocade SilkWorm 4100 Enterprise
Fabric Switch, Brocade SilkWorm 3900 Switch
Category: Availability
Date Released: 06-Oct-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102655-1
(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: 102657
Synopsis: Security Vulnerability With RSA Signature Affects
the Sun Secure Global Desktop Software
Product: Sun Secure Global Desktop Software 4.2
Category: Security
Date Released: 06-Oct-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102657-1


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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
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(Total Updated: 3)

Sun Alert ID: 102333 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Concurrent Writes on a Sun Cluster File System May
Result in Data Loss
Product: Sun Cluster 3.1
Category: Data Loss, Availability
Date Released: 02-May-2006, 02-Oct-2006
Date Closed: 02-Oct-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102333-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102599 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: mpt(7D) Driver Fails to Timeout Commands When a
Device Fails
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating
System, Solaris 8 Operating System
Category: Availability
Date Released: 31-Aug-2006, 05-Oct-2006
Date Closed: 05-Oct-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102599-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102609 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: On Sun Cluster 3.0 and 3.1, Disks with the
"localonly" Flag set may Fail to Switchover
Product: Sun Cluster 3.0, Sun Cluster 3.1
Category: Availability
Date Released: 06-Sep-2006, 02-Oct-2006
Date Closed: 02-Oct-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102609-1

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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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*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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Thanks for tuning in to the Sun Alert Weekly Summary Report!

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


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