The SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center advised network administrators this week to disable all telnet functions due to a zero-day vulnerability in Sun Microsystems Solaris versions 10 and 11.
The flaw – which could allow a malicious user access to a Solaris host – does not exist in Solaris versions 9 and lower, according to Internet Storm Center researcher Donald Smith.
Zero-day vulnerability
The SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center advised network administrators this week to disable all telnet functions due to a zero-day vulnerability in Sun Microsystems Solaris versions 10 and 11.
The flaw – which could allow a malicious user access to a Solaris host – does not exist in Solaris versions 9 and lower, according to Internet Storm Center researcher Donald Smith.
Zero-day vulnerability found in Sun Microsystems Solaris 10 and 11