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| author | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2019-05-04 15:48:55 -0500 |
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| committer | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2019-05-04 15:48:55 -0500 |
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archived all the stuff from freelancing for wired
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diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.30.07/Mon/photoshopflaws.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.30.07/Mon/photoshopflaws.txt deleted file mode 100644 index f47a075..0000000 --- a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.30.07/Mon/photoshopflaws.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,14 +0,0 @@ -Photoshop isn't high on most people's list of ways to hijack a computer, but that doesn't mean it's immune to security risks. Two new flaws have recently been found in venerable photo editing program, including one that allows the execution of arbitrary code. - -The latest vulnerability, according to Secunia, a security research firm, is caused by a [boundary error in the PNG Photoshop Format Plugin][1]. The flaw has been confirmed in CS2 and is believed to affect the new CS3 as well. - -That news comes on heals of an announcement last week that a flaw in the way Adobe Photoshop handles Bitmap files leaves it open to [exploitation via malicious BMP files][2]. - - -Technically these exploits are not limited to Photoshop, but affect any Adobe product using the plug-ins. Secunia reports that that the BMP exploit has been tested in the wild, but the PNG remains thus far only theoretical. - -Still, since Adobe has not released any patches yet, Secunia recommends that users not open untrusted .bmp or .png files. - - -[1]: http://secunia.com/advisories/25044/ "PNG File Handling Buffer Overflow" -[2]: http://secunia.com/advisories/25023/ "Adobe Photoshop Bitmap File Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability "
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