Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were identified in Sun Java Desktop System (JDS) and Gnome for Solaris, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. These flaws are due to an error in the "libgdk_pixbuf" library that does not properly handle specially crafted "Xpm" images, which could be exploited by malicious web sites to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the logged in user.

Affected Products

GNOME 2.0
GNOME 2.0.2
Sun Java Desktop System (JDS) 2003
Sun Java Desktop System (JDS) Release 2

Solution

SPARC Platform :
GNOME 2.0 (for Solaris 8) - Apply the patch 114644-03 or later
GNOME 2.0 (for Solaris 9) - Apply the patch 114686-03 or later
GNOME 2.0.2 (for Solaris 9)with patch 115738-04 or later
x86 Platform :
GNOME 2.0 (for Solaris 8) - Apply the patch 114645-03 or later
GNOME 2.0 (for Solaris 9) - Apply the patch 114687-03 or later
Linux :
Sun Java Desktop System (JDS) 2003 - Install the updated RPMs (patch-118903-01)
Sun Java Desktop System (JDS) Release 2 - Install the updated RPMs (patch-118905-01)

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0874
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101776-1

ChangeLog

2005-06-24 : Initial release

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