DDIVRT-2009-28 Sun Solaris 10 rpc.cmsd Buffer Overflow and Denial of Service (CVE-2010-3509)

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Title
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DDIVRT-2009-28 Sun Solaris 10 rpc.cmsd Buffer Overflow and Denial of Service (CVE-2010-3509)

Severity
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High

Date Discovered
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November 3, 2009

Discovered By
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Digital Defense, Inc. Vulnerability Research Team
Credit: Alex Kaszczuk, Alan Chin, Jose R. Hernandez and r@b13$

Vulnerability Description
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The rpc.cmsd service contains an integer overflow which can allow a malicious unauthenticated user to cause a denial of 
service, or remotely execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Solution Description
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Sun has addressed this vulnerability in Sun bugID 6214701. The patch is available for download through the Oracle 
October Critical Patch Update (CPU) released on 12 October, 2010.

Tested Systems / Software (with versions)
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Sun Solaris 10 (10/09 Download)

Vendor Contact
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Vendor Name: Sun Microsystems
Vendor Website: http://www.sun.com/