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TITLE:
Sun Solaris Multiple libtiff Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15113

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15113/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/
Sun Solaris 8
http://secunia.com/product/94/
Sun Solaris 7
http://secunia.com/product/93/
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/

DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Solaris, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA12818
SA13607

The vulnerabilities affect the following versions:
* Solaris 7 (OpenWindows)
* Solaris 8 (CDE)
* Solaris 9 (CDE)
* Solaris 9 (with package SUNWTiff or SUNWTiffx installed)
* Solaris 10 (with package SUNWTiff installed)

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 7 (OpenWindows):
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118953-02-1

Solaris 8 (CDE):
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109931-10-1

Solaris 9 (CDE):
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114219-11-1


-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 7 (OpenWindows):
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118954-02-1

Solaris 8 (CDE):
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-109932-10-1

Solaris 9 (CDE):
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-114220-11-1


Don't view untrusted TIFF images in applications linked against the
vulnerable library.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57769-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA12818:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12818/

SA13607:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13607/

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