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TITLE:
Sun Solaris libX11 Integer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24975

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24975/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

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 a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA24741

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 for both the
SPARC and the x86 platform.

SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends to not load X11 Window dump files from
untrusted sources.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102888-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24741:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24741/

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