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                   Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin
                
Bulletin Number:        #00185
Date:                   February 10, 1999
Cross-Ref:              CERT CA-98.02
Title:                  Common Desktop Environment (CDE)
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1.  Background

    Several vulnerabilities in the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) may be
    be exploited to gain root access and remove arbitrary files.

2.  Affected Supported Versions

    Solaris(tm) versions:   2.6, 2.6_x86, 2.5.1, 2.5.1_x86, 2.5,
                            2.5_x86, 2.4 and 2.4_x86 running CDE

    Solaris 7 is not affected.

3.  Recommendations

    Sun recommends that you install the respective patches immediately
    on affected systems.

    CDE Version         Patch ID
    ___________         _________
    1.2                 106112-03
                        105837-02
    1.2_x86             106113-03
                        105838-02
    1.0.2               104661-07
                        104498-05
                        103882-09
    1.0.2_x86           104663-08
                        104500-05
                        103886-08
    1.0.1               104660-04
                        104497-05
                        103884-07
    1.0.1_x86           104662-05
                        104499-05
                        103885-07

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