SUN ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT - Week of 07-Sep-2008 to 13-Sep-2008



Category :AvailabilitySecurity
Release Phase :ResolvedWorkaround
Week of  07-Sep-2008 to 13-Sep-2008

SUN ALERT WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT

	Week of  07-Sep-2008 to 13-Sep-2008

Welcome to the Sun 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

* New and Updated Sun Alerts for 3 Release Phases:

   Preliminary, Workaround and Resolved

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New Preliminary Sun Alert Notifications
None


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New Workaround Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Workaround: 1)

Sun Alert ID: 241646
Title:   Security Vulnerability in GNU tar May Lead to Arbitrary
         Code Execution or Denial of Service (DoS)
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
         OpenSolaris
Category:             Security
Release Phase:        Workaround
Workaround Date:      08-Sep-2008

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search for the Sun Alert ID above.


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New Resolved Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Resolved: 6)

Sun Alert ID: 200070        Previous ID: 102720
Title:   Security Vulnerability in GIMP(1) May Lead to Denial of
         Service (DoS) or Execution of Arbitrary Code
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System
Category:             Security
Release Phase:        Resolved
Resolved Date:        08-Sep-2008

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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200070-1
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SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.

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Sun Alert ID: 201320        Previous ID: 103170
Title:   Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Within the GIMP
         Plugins
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category:             Security
Release Phase:        Resolved
Resolved Date:        10-Sep-2008

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201320-1
If this Sun Alert document is not publicly available, go to the
SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.

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Sun Alert ID: 228526        Previous ID: 102550
Title:   Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Mozilla 1.4 and 1.7
         for Solaris and for Sun JDS for Linux
Product: Mozilla 1.4 for Solaris, Mozilla 1.4 for Linux, Mozilla
         v1.7
Category:             Security
Release Phase:        Resolved
Resolved Date:        08-Sep-2008

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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-228526-1
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SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.

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Sun Alert ID: 231801
Title:   Persistent Reservation Commands Processed Slowly on Sun
         StorageTek Arrays May Cause Loss of Access or Timeouts
         to Filesystems
Product: Sun StorageTek 6140, Sun StorageTek 6540, Sun StorageTek
         Flexline 380
Category:             Availability
Release Phase:        Resolved
Resolved Date:        10-Sep-2008

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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231801-1
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search for the Sun Alert ID above.

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Sun Alert ID: 240106
Title:   Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the Adobe Reader
         may lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code and Overwrite
         Arbitrary Files
Product: Solaris 10 Operating System
Category:             Security
Release Phase:        Resolved
Resolved Date:        10-Sep-2008

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SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.

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Sun Alert ID: 241786
Title:   A Security Vulnerability in the bzip2(1) command may
         lead to a Denial of Service (DoS)
Product: Solaris 8 Operating System, Solaris 9 Operating System,
         Solaris 10 Operating System
Category:             Security
Release Phase:        Resolved
Resolved Date:        12-Sep-2008

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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-241786-1
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SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.


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Updated Sun Alert Notifications
(Total Updated: 2 )


Sun Alert ID: 240105
Title:   Sun StorageTek 25x0 and 6140 Arrays may send wrong
         Network packets, causing the Sun StorageTek Common
         Array Manager (CAM) Host to Lose the Network Connection
         to the Array
Product: Sun StorageTek 2540 Array, Sun StorageTek 2530 Array,
         Sun StorageTek 2510 Array, Sun StorageTek 6140 Array
Category:             Availability
Release Phase:        Workaround
Workaround Date:      01-Aug-2008
Last Updated:         12-Sep-2008

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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240105-1
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SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.

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Sun Alert ID: 240906
Title:   A Regression in the Secure Shell Daemon (sshd(1M))
         Breaks X11 Forwarding Functionality on IPv4 Only
         Systems
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System
Category:             Availability
Release Phase:        Workaround
Workaround Date:      20-Aug-2008
Last Updated:         08-Sep-2008

To view this Sun Alert document please go to the following URL:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240906-1
If this Sun Alert document is not publicly available, go to the
SunSpectrum Member Support Center at www.sun.com/support and
search for the Sun Alert ID above.


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Sun Alert Program Office
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Article ID : 242126
Article Type : Sun Alert
Last reviewed : 2008-09-15
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