Apple Mac OS X vulnerable to stack-based buffer overflow via specially crafted TIFF file

Overview

Apple has reported a vulnerability in the way Mac OS X 10.4 systems handle TIFF images that could cause affected applications to crash or allow remote code execution…

Description

TIFF Image File Format

The TIFF image file format is a widely supported file format used for storing images.

Integration

The Safari web browser and other applications in Mac OS X versions 10.4 to 10.4.6 are capable of opening TIFF formatted images.

The problem

An attacker may be able to create a specially crafted TIFF image that exploits a stack based buffer overflow. If successfully exploited, this buffer overflow may result in an application crash or arbitrary code execution. Apple states that this vulnerability does not affect Mac OS X versions below 10.4.

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Impact

A remote unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by persuading a user to access a specially crafted TIFF image

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Solution

Upgrade

Apply the upgrade provided by Apple. Refer to the Apple security updates in Mac OS X version 10.4.7 for more information.

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Workarounds

Only open TIFF files that are from trusted sources.

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Vendor Information

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Updated: June 29, 2006

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

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Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Apple has released security advisory APPLE-SA-2006-06-27 to address this issue.

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References

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Apple Product Security for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2006-1469
Severity Metric:	1.34 Date Public: