Note: This is an archival copy of Security Sun Alert 201331 as previously published on http://sunsolve.sun.com. Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1001005.1. |
Category Security Release Phase Resolved 6451119 Product Solaris 8 Operating System Solaris 9 Operating System Solaris 10 Operating System Date of Workaround Release 28-NOV-2007 Date of Resolved Release 02-Sep-2008 Multiple security vulnerabilities exist in the Tag Image File format library (libtiff(3)): Impact Multiple security vulnerabilities exist in the Tag Image File format library (libtiff(3)) which may affect applications making use of this library. Depending on the individual application, these vulnerabilities may allow a local or remote unprivileged user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) to the application, or to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application. These issues are described in the following documents:
Sun acknowledges with thanks, Travis Ormandy from the Google Security Team for bringing these issues to our attention. Contributing FactorsThese issues can occur in the following releases: SPARC Platform
x86 Platform
If the described issues have been exploited to cause a Denial of Service (DoS), the affected application will crash, potentially leaving a core file depending on the system configuration. There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate that these issues have been exploited to execute arbitrary code. WorkaroundTo work around the described issues, only load images from trusted sources. ResolutionThis issue is addressed in the following release: SPARC Platform
x86 Platform
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