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TITLE:
Sun Solaris FreeType TTF Font Parsing Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28298

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28298/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

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 people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or
potentially compromise an application using the FreeType library.

For more information:
SA25350

The vulnerability affects Solaris 8, 9, and 10 on both the SPARC and
x86 platforms.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 124420-03 or later.

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 116105-08 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 119812-05 or later.

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 8:
Apply patch 124421-03 or later.

Solaris 9:
Apply patch 116106-07 or later.

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 119813-07 or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103171-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25350:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25350/

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