Solaris Xsun and Xprt Server Font Handling Vulnerabilities

Sun Microsystems has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 7
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57768-1

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14979/

Secunia Security Advisories