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Sun Security
21 May 2007
#18124
Solaris Security Vulnerabilities
Sun Releases Patches to Address Two Recent Finds

Sun has released patches to address two recent vulnerabilities in the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS). The first of these vulnerabilities gives local information disclosure from the "srsexec" utility, while the second can cause a local denial of service due to an integer signedness error which affects the "ACE_SETACL" cmd parameter of the "facl()" system call.

21 May 2007
#18140
Solaris IP Filter Firewall
Allows SysAdmins to Restrict Access to Particular Networking Services in a Stateful Manner

Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) includes many security features that let you securely host thousands of applications and multiple customers on the same system. Learn about the Solaris IP Filter firewall and how it is used for network traffic protection.

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