Secunia Security Advisory - Oracle has acknowledged a vulnerability in Pango included in Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Oracle Solaris Pango "pango_ft2_font_render_box_glyph()" Buffer
Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46076
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DESCRIPTION:
Oracle has acknowledged a vulnerability in Pango included in Solaris,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) and potentially compromise an application using the
library.
For more information:
SA42934
SOLUTION:
Apply bug fix 7032373.
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