Secunia Security Advisory - Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), disclose potentially sensitive information, or to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Sun Solaris X Window System and X Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28550
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28550/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege escalation, DoS
WHERE:
Local system
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 some vulnerabilities in Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service), disclose potentially sensitive information, or to gain
escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA28532
The vulnerabilities are reported in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 for both the
SPARC and x86 platforms.
SOLUTION:
Please see the vendor advisories for workarounds.
A final resolution is pending completion.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103192-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103205-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103200-1
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28532:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28532/
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