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TITLE:
Sun Solaris FreeType Integer Overflow and Underflow Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23939

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23939/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/
Sun Solaris 8
http://secunia.com/product/94/
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/

DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
potentially compromise applications using the library.

For  more information:
SA20100

The vulnerabilities affect Solaris 8, 9, and 10 on the SPARC and x86
platform.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 116105-06 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 119812-02 or later.

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 116106-05 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 119813-03 or later.

A final resolution for Solaris 8 is pending completion.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102705-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20100:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20100/

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