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TITLE:
Sun SEAM Telnet Client Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15030

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15030/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Sun SEAM 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/1006/

DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in SEAM, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA14745

SOLUTION:
The vendor suggests removing the execute permissions from
"/usr/krb5/bin/telnet".

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Sun Microsystems:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57761-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA14745:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14745/

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