Asset ID:	1-77-1019470.1
Update Date:	2011-02-25
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Solution Type  Sun Alert Sure

Solution  1019470.1 :   Security Vulnerability in Firmware for T5220, T5140 and T5240 Systems May Allow a Denial of Service (DoS)  


PreviouslyPublishedAs
239930

Bug Id
<SUNBUG: 6710098>

Product
Sun Netra T5220 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 Server

Date of Resolved Release
05-Aug-2008

Security Vulnerability in Firmware for T5220, T5140 and T5240 Systems May Allow a Denial of Service (DoS)

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in the firmware for Sun Netra T5220 systems and SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 systems may allow a local unprivileged user to panic the system, which is a type of Denial of Service (DoS).

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur on the following platforms:

SPARC Platform

• Sun Netra T5220 Server with firmware version 7.1.3 and without patch 136934-03
• SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers with firmware version 7.1.3.c and without patch 136936-06

Note: No other Sun systems are affected by this issue.

To determine the firmware version on the system, log in to the service processor and run the 'showhost' command as in the following example (from the T5220):

sc> showhost
Sun System Firmware 7.1.3 2008/05/27 09:53
Host flash versions:
Hypervisor 1.6.4 2008/05/27 08:45
OBP 4.28.6 2008/05/23 12:07
POST 4.28.6 2008/05/23 12:32

3. Symptoms

The system will panic or produce unpredictable results. The panic string will include "BAD TRAP type=33" or  "BAD TRAP type=34". User applications may fail with a segmentation fault (SIGSEGV) and may also write a core file, depending on the user's privileges and the system-wide coreadm(1M) settings.

4. Workaround

There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the Resolution section below.

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed on the following platforms:

SPARC Platform

• Sun Netra T5220 Server with firmware version 7.1.4.a (as delivered in patch 136934-03 or later)
• SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers with firmware version 7.1.3.d (as delivered in patch 136936-06 or later)

For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see <Document: 1009886.1>.

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Modification History
28-Aug-2008: Updated Products, Impact, Contributing Factors and Resoluton sections

References

<SUNPATCH: 136934-03>
<SUNPATCH: 136936-06>

Internal Comments
Please send technical questions to the following email:
sunalert-tech-questions@sun.com
and CC the following persons:
Internal Contributor/Submitter
Internal Eng Responsible Engineer
Internal Services Knowledge Engineer

NOTE CP3260 is not affected by this issue even though there is a patch for  CP3260
which lists this bug.
Internal Contributor/submitter
jim.quigley@sun.com

Internal Eng Responsible Engineer
jim.quigley@sun.com

Internal Services Knowledge Engineer
david.mariotto@sun.com

Internal Eng Business Unit Group
SSG NSN (Netra Systems and Networking)

Internal Resolution Patches
136934-03, 136936-06

Internal Sun Alert & FAB Admin Info
24-Jul-2008, david m: draft created, send for 24hr Security review, hold for patch release
05-Aug-2008, david m: patch released, signoff OK, send to publish

References

SUNPATCH:136934-03
SUNPATCH:136936-06

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