Secunia Security Advisory - Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Sun Solaris libpng tRNS Chunk Denial of Service
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25867
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/25867/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 9
https://secunia.com/product/95/
Sun Solaris 8
https://secunia.com/product/94/
Sun Solaris 10
https://secunia.com/product/4813/
SOFTWARE:
Sun Java Desktop System (JDS) Release 2
https://secunia.com/product/5797/
DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA25292
The vulnerability affects Solaris 8, 9, and 10 for both the SPARC and
x86 platforms. Solaris 9 optionally has JDS release 2 for the x86
platform.
SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends loading only images from trusted sources.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102987-1
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25292:
https://secunia.com/advisories/25292/
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