Secunia Security Advisory - Oracle has acknowledged a vulnerability in libpango 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 libpango "hb_buffer_ensure()" Memory Reallocation
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45627
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DESCRIPTION:
Oracle has acknowledged a vulnerability in libpango 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:
SA43578
SOLUTION:
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