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SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT Week of 07-Jan-2007 - 13-Jan-2007

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Title: SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT Week of 07-Jan-2007 - 13-Jan-2007
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. 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.
Vendors affected: Sun
Operating systems affected: Sun
Applications affected: Sun

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SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT
Week of 07-Jan-2007 - 13-Jan-2007

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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 07-Jan-2007 - 13-Jan-2007

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: 102713 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: A Security Vulnerability in Solaris libnsl(3LIB)
may lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) to the
rpcbind(1M) Service
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 8 Operating
System
Category: Security
Date Released: 09-Jan-2007
Date Closed: 09-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102713-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102735 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Security Vulnerability With StarOffice/StarSuite
Versions 6, 7 and 8 Related to the '.wmf' File
Format
Product: StarOffice 7 Office Suite, StarOffice 6.0 Office
Suite, StarOffice 8 Office Suite
Category: Security
Date Released: 09-Jan-2007
Date Closed: 09-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102735-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102766
Synopsis: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the gzip(1)
Command May Lead to Denial of Service (DoS) or
Execution of Arbitrary Code
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating
System, Solaris 8 Operating System
Category: Security
Date Released: 08-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102766-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102767
Synopsis: Installing Solaris 10 "libzonecfg" Patches May
Cause Non-Global Zones to Become Unbootable
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Availability
Date Released: 08-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102767-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102768 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Brocade Switches With FOS 5.0.x/5.1.x May Panic
With Out Of Memory Condition
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,
Brocade SilkWorm 4900 Fibre Channel Switch
Category: Availability
Date Released: 08-Jan-2007
Date Closed: 08-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102768-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102771
Synopsis: Missing Symbol in Font Library May Cause X Font
Server to Terminate Unexpectedly
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 8 Operating
System
Category: Availability
Date Released: 10-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102771-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102772
Synopsis: Third-party Applications Using GSS-API May Be
Vulnerable to Compromise
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating
System, Solaris 8 Operating System
Category: Security
Date Released: 09-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102772-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102775
Synopsis: Daylight Saving Time (DST) Changes for Australia
(2006), Canada (2007), United States (2007) and
Others
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating
System, Solaris 2.5.1, Solaris 2.6 Operating
System, Solaris 7 Operating System, Solaris 8
Operating System
Category: Availability, Availability
Date Released: 12-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102775-1

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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
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(Total Updated: 5)

Sun Alert ID: 101556 (former 57629) (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Inserting a Disk Drive Assembly Into a Sun StorEdge
S1 Array May Cause The S1 Array to Shut Down
Product: Sun StorageTek S1 Array
Category: Availability
Date Released: 23-Aug-2004, 08-Jan-2007
Date Closed: 08-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101556-1

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Sun Alert ID: 101902 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Upgrading Brocade FOS From Versions Earlier than
4.2.2 May Cause Temporary Loss of Access to Storage
Product: Brocade SilkWorm 3900 Switch
Category: Availability
Date Released: 15-Sep-2005, 12-Jan-2007
Date Closed: 12-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101902-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102451 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Solaris 9 SSH "Resync" Patches May Cause ssh(1) or
sshd(1M) to Fail
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System
Category: Availability
Date Released: 07-Jun-2006, 09-Jan-2007
Date Closed: 09-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102451-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102569
Synopsis: On Solaris 10 a System Panic Due to a Race
Condition May OccurWhen SNMP Queries are Processed
(such as when netstat(1M) or ifconfig(1M) are run)
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Security, Availability, Availability
Date Released: 11-Aug-2006, 11-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102569-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102677 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Certain Brocade Switches May Panic With "Watchdog
threshold reached" Error
Product: Brocade SilkWorm 3850 Fabric Switch, Brocade
SilkWorm 24000 Director, Brocade SilkWorm 3250
Fabric Switch, Brocade 12000 2 GB Switch, SAN
Brocade 12000 2 GB 64-port Switch, Brocade SilkWorm
3900 Switch
Category: Availability
Date Released: 13-Nov-2006, 08-Jan-2007
Date Closed: 08-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102677-1

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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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Sun Alert Program Office
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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