November 2006

ID: 00820
Ref: 777/2006
Date: 28 November 2006:13:34:36
Version: 1

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Title: SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT Week of 19-Nov-2006 - 25-Nov-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 19-Nov-2006 - 25-Nov-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 19-Nov-2006 - 25-Nov-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: 4)

Sun Alert ID: 102687
Synopsis: Potential Hard Hang on AMD Opteron and Athlon 64
Systems Running Solaris 10
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Availability
Date Released: 21-Nov-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102687-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102720
Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in GIMP(1) May Lead to
Denial of Service (DoS) or Execution of Arbitrary
Code
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating
System
Category: Security
Date Released: 20-Nov-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102720-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102725
Synopsis: A Malformed Packet Received by snmpd(1) via TCP may
Cause a Denial of Service (DoS)
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security
Date Released: 22-Nov-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102725-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102727 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Sun StorEdge 6920 DSP Firmware May Cause Data
Avaiability Issue
Product: Sun StorEdge 6920 System
Category: Availability
Date Released: 22-Nov-2006
Date Closed: 22-Nov-2006

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102727-1


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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
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(Total Updated: 0)

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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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