Check Point Advisories

Update Protection against Sun Solaris IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-037
Date Published:	30 Jan 2009
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 01 January, 2009
Source:	Secunia Advisory: SA33605
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-0304
Protection Provided by:
Who is Vulnerable?	Sun Solaris 10
Vulnerability Description	A vulnerability was reported in Sun Solaris. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of IPv6 packets and can be exploited to cause a denial of service condition.
Update/Patch Avaliable	Apply Interim Security Relief (ISR). http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/tpatches
Vulnerability Details	A remote attacker can send a specially crafted IPv6 packet to cause the target system to crash.