VUPEN Security - Sun Solaris "sendfilev()" System Call Denial of Service Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Title : Sun Solaris "sendfilev()" System Call Denial of Service Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2337
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3666
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-08-12

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A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Solaris and OpenSolaris, which could be exploited by attackers or malicious users to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an unspecified error related to the "sendfilev()" system call, which could allow a user who has the ability to create pages that are hosted on a Solaris 10 system using Apache 2.2.x, to cause a system panic and create a denial of service condition.

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2008-08-12 : Initial release

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