Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to overwrite or delete arbitrary files on a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Sun Solaris stfontserverd Arbitrary File Manipulation Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14381
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14381/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, DoS
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to overwrite or delete arbitrary
files on a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the STSF
Font Server (stfontserverd).
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
-- SPARC Platform --
Solaris 9:
http://classic.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=117201&rev=09
-- x86 Platform --
Solaris 9:
http://classic.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=117202&rev=09
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://classic.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57738
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