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Home > Products and services > CSIRTUK advisories > Advisories archive > January 2007 > SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT Week of 14-Jan-2007 - 20-Jan-2007

January 2007

SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT Week of 14-Jan-2007 - 20-Jan-2007

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Ref: 42/2007
Date: 23 January 2007:12:26:03
Version: 1

Title: SUN(SM) ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT Week of 14-Jan-2007 - 20-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 14-Jan-2007 - 20-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 14-Jan-2007 - 20-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: 3)

Sun Alert ID: 102760 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in Processing GIF Images in
the Java Runtime Environment May Allow an Untrusted
Applet to Elevate Privileges
Product: Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition
Category: Security
Date Released: 16-Jan-2007
Date Closed: 16-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102760-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102777
Synopsis: Services Which Use Multicast or UDP Broadcast (Sun
Ray) May Hang if Certain Network Interfaces are
Plumbed Up but Link is Down
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Availability
Date Released: 18-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102777-1
(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: 102778
Synopsis: Small Appending Writes May Result in Data Loss in
Sun Cluster 3.1 or 3.2 Filesystem
Product: Sun Cluster 3.1, Solaris Cluster 3.2
Category: Data Loss, Availability
Date Released: 18-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102778-1


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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
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(Total Updated: 3)

Sun Alert ID: 102612 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: Patches 119115-19 and 119116-19 May Cause Mozilla
1.7 to End Abruptly Within the JavaScript
Interpreter
Product: Mozilla v1.7, Solaris 10 Operating System
Category: Availability
Date Released: 12-Sep-2006, 16-Jan-2007
Date Closed: 16-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102612-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102655 (RESOLVED)
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, 16-Jan-2007
Date Closed: 16-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102655-1

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Sun Alert ID: 102748 (RESOLVED)
Synopsis: 500GB SATA Drives in Sun StorageTek 6140 and 6540
Arrays May Have the Incorrect Interposer Card
Firmware
Product: Sun StorageTek 6140 Array RoHS, Sun StorageTek 6540
Array RoHS
Category: Data Loss, Availability
Date Released: 11-Dec-2006, 16-Jan-2007
Date Closed: 16-Jan-2007

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102748-1


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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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