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Sony PSP TIFF Image Viewing Code Execution Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21672
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Release Date:
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2006-08-31
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Last Update:
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2006-09-11
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Popularity:
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17,337 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3459
CVE-2006-4507
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Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Sony PlayStation Portable, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in libTIFF and can be exploited to execute arbitrary code when a specially crafted TIFF image is viewed in the Photo Viewer.
For more information, see vulnerability #1 in:
SA21304
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 2.60 and has also been reported in versions 2.00 through 2.80.
Solution:
Update to version 2.81.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally discovered in libTIFF by:
Tavis Ormandy, Google Security Team.
Additional research in PSP by:
psp250, Skylark, Joek2100, CSwindle, JimP, and Fanjita.
Changelog:
2006-09-01: Added CVE reference. Updated credits.
2006-09-04: Added CVE reference.
2006-09-11: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://www.us.playstation.com/PSP/Support/SystemUpdate
http://noobz.eu/content/home.html#280806
Other References:
SA21304:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21304/
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