TITLE:
Sun Solaris stfontserverd Arbitrary File Manipulation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14381

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14381/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to overwrite or delete arbitrary
files on a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the STSF
Font Server (stfontserverd).

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 9:
http://classic.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=117201&rev=09


-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 9:
http://classic.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/findPatch.pl?patchId=117202&rev=09

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://classic.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57738

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