Secunia Security Advisory - Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Mozilla 1.7 for Sun Solaris, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Sun Solaris Mozilla 1.7 Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24624
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24624/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 8
http://secunia.com/product/94/
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/
DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Mozilla 1.7 for Sun Solaris,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise
a user's system.
For more information:
SA19873
The vulnerability is reported in Mozilla 1.7 for Sun Solaris 8, 9,
and 10 for both the x86 and SPARC platform. Mozilla 1.4 may also be
affected.
SOLUTION:
-- SPARC Platform --
Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10):
Apply patch 119115-25 or later.
-- x86 Platform --
Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 10):
Apply patch 119116-25 or later.
Mozilla 1.7 (for Solaris 8 and Solaris 9):
Reportedly, a final resolution is pending completion. The vendor
recommends disabling JavaScript as a workaround.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102865-1
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19873:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19873/
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