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Sun Solaris FreeType TTF Font Parsing Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA28298  
Release Date: 2008-01-07

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9


CVE reference:CVE-2007-2754 (Secunia mirror)

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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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