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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2004.0748 -- Sun Alert Notification 57683
Security Vulnerability in Netscape 7 With PNG Files
2 December 2004
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Netscape
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris
Platform: IA-32
SPARC
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CAN-2004-0599 CAN-2004-0598 CAN-2004-0597
Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-57683-1
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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
* Sun Alert ID: 57683
* Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in Netscape 7 With PNG Files
* Category: Security
* Product: Solaris, Netscape
* BugIDs: 5089105
* Avoidance: Upgrade
* State: Engineering Complete
* Date Released: 30-Nov-2004
* Date Closed:
* Date Modified:
1. Impact Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in
the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Library libpng(3) which also
affect Netscape 7 shipped with Solaris since Netscape 7 includes the
affected libpng routines. This may allow an unprivileged user to
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a local user. This
condition can be exploited when the local user has loaded a Portable
Network Graphics (PNG) format image file supplied by an untrusted user
and views a malicious web site or views an e-mail message containing a
malformed PNG image with that application.
Note: Netscape is utilized as web browser and editor, an irc client,
an email client, and a news client.
This issue is also described in the following documents:
CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA04-217A at
[2]http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-217A.html
CVE CAN-2004-0597 at
[3]http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0597
CVE CAN-2004-0598 at
[4]http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0598
CVE CAN-2004-0599 at
[5]http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0599
2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following
releases:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 7, 8 and 9 with Netscape 7
x86 Platform
* Solaris 7, 8 and 9 with Netscape 7
Note: Netscape 7 was shipped in Solaris 9 Update 3 and later updates,
and was also available via the Sun Download Center (SDLC) for Solaris
7, 8 and 9 (part of the SUNWnsb package).
To determine the version of Netscape 7 installed on a system, the
following command can be run:
$ pkginfo -l SUNWnsb | grep VERSION
VERSION: 7.0,REV=10.2002.12.11
To determine which Solaris 9 Update release is installed on the system
check the contents of the "/etc/release" file:
$ cat /etc/release
Solaris 9 12/03 s9s_u5wos_08b SPARC
Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
...
3. Symptoms There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the
described issue has been exploited.
Solution Summary [6]Top
4. Relief/Workaround There is no workaround for this issue.
5. Resolution A final resolution is pending completion.
This Sun Alert notification is being provided to you on an "AS IS"
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References
1. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-57683-1#top
2. http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-217A.html
3. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0597
4. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0598
5. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0599
6. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-57683-1#top
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