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TITLE:
Sun Solaris X Font Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27176

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27176/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From local network

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 Sun Solaris, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA27040

Successful exploitation requires that the X Font Server (xfs) is
running.

The vulnerabilities are reported in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 for both
the x86 and SPARC platform.

SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends disabling the X Font Server (please see vendor
advisory for details).

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103114-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27040:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27040/

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