Oracle Sun Products Suite Solaris mailx Local Security Vulnerability

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Affected Systems:
Oracle Sun Solaris 9
Oracle Sun Solaris 8
Oracle Sun Solaris 11
Oracle Sun Solaris 10
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 54537
Cve id: CVE-2012-1750

Oracle Sun Solaris is a commercial operating system.

Oracle Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10, and 11 have local security vulnerabilities. The 'mailx (1) 'sub-component is affected, local Authenticated Users can exploit this vulnerability to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

<* Source: Oracle

Link: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

Oracle
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Oracle has released a Security Bulletin (cpujul2012-392727) and patches for this:

Cpujul2012-392727: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory-July 2012

Link: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html