This recent Sun Security Bulletin included some incorrect
patch revisions (see below) that could easily lead folks
to install outdated patches.
Dave Foster
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> Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin
>
> Bulletin Number: #00207
> Date: August 30, 2001
> Cross-Ref: CERT Advisory CA-2001-05
> Title: snmpXdmid
>
<snip>
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>
> 1. Bulletins Topics
>
> Sun announces the release of patches for Solaris(tm) 8, 7, and
> 2.6 (SunOS(tm) 5.8, 5.7, and 5.6) which relate to an snmpXdmid
> vulnerability reported in CERT CA-2001-05.
>
> Sun recommends that you install the patches listed in section 4
> immediately on systems running SunOS 5.8, 5.7, and 5.6 which
> use snmpXdmid.
>
<snip>
> 4. List of Patches
>
> The following patches are available in relation to the above problem.
>
> OS Version Patch ID
> __________ _________
> SunOS 5.8 108869-07
> SunOS 5.8_x86 108870-07
> SunOS 5.7 107709-15
> SunOS 5.7_x86 107710-15
> SunOS 5.6 106787-15
> SunOS 5.6_x86 106872-15
>
THE CORRECT PATCHES ARE:
OS Version Patch ID
__________ _________
SunOS 5.8 108869-09 *
SunOS 5.8_x86 108870-09 *
SunOS 5.7 107709-15
SunOS 5.7_x86 107710-15
SunOS 5.6 106787-16 *
SunOS 5.6_x86 106872-15
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