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Sony PSP TIFF Image Viewing Code Execution Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA21672  
Release Date: 2006-08-31
Last Update: 2006-09-11

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

OS:Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) 2.x

CVE reference:CVE-2006-3459 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-4507 (Secunia mirror)
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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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2 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. Wireshark Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities
2. Sony PSP Photo Viewer TIFF File Handling Buffer Overflow


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