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Solaris 7, 8, 9 Critical Bug in Java Desktop System: Serious Flaw

Calendar Oct 14, 2004 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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security advisory critical bug Solaris libXpm Java Desktop X Pixmap Motif library
TIM FIRM Sun has released details of a critical bug in both its Solaris operating system and the Java Desktop System. . . . TIM FIRM Sun has released details of a critical bug in both its Solaris operating system and the Java Desktop System.

Affected systems are Solaris 7, 8 and 9 on both the Sparc and x86 platforms, and the JDS 2003 and JDS release 2 which have not been updated.

The security vulnerabilities are in the X Pixmap (libXpm) library which also affected the Motif library (libXm) shipped with Solaris and the Java Desktop System for Linux.

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