Secunia Security Advisory - Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Sun Solaris Pidgin Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA36708
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36708/
DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's
system.
See vulnerability #1 for more information:
SA36384
SOLUTION:
A final resolution is pending completion.
To mitigate exploitation, change the Pidgin privacy settings for MSN
accounts to only allow messages from users on the buddy list.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266908-1
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA36384:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36384/
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