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TITLE:
Solaris Xsun and Xprt Server Font Handling Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14979

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14979/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 7
http://secunia.com/product/93/
Sun Solaris 8
http://secunia.com/product/94/
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/

DESCRIPTION:
Sun Microsystems has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Solaris,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA10824

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 7:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-108376-45-1

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 108652-80 or later.

Solaris 9:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-112785-34-1

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 7:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-108377-40-1

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 108653-69 or later.

Solaris 9:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-112786-36-1

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57768-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA10824:
http://secunia.com/advisories/10824/

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