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Apple iPod touch / iPhone TIFF Image Processing Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA27213  
Release Date: 2007-10-12
Last Update: 2007-11-13

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Apple iPhone
Apple iPod touch


CVE reference:CVE-2006-3459 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-3461 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-3462 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-3465 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-5450 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Apple iPod touch and Apple iPhone, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable device.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of TIFF images and can potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code when a specially crafted TIFF image is viewed, e.g. in the Safari web browser.

This is related to:
SA21304

The vulnerability is reported in iPod touch version 1.1.1 and iPhone version 1.1.1. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 1.1.2 (downloadable and installable via iTunes).

Provided and/or discovered by:
Niacin

The vendor also credits Tavis Ormandy, Google Security Team.

Changelog:
2007-10-15: Added CVE reference.
2007-11-13: Updated "Solution", "Description", and credits section. Added CVE references.

Original Advisory:
Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306993

http://www.toc2rta.com/?q=node/22

Other References:
SA21304:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21304/



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1. Apple iPhone / iPod touch Multiple Vulnerabilities
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3. Apple iPhone Multiple Vulnerabilities
4. Apple iPhone Multiple Vulnerabilities


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