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Re: FAX virus
From: "M.B.Jr." <marcio.barbado () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:18:51 -0200
Hi, On Nov 21, 2007 9:56 AM, THORNTON Simon <Simon.THORNTON () swift com> wrote:
a G3 Fax (CCITT T.4) transmission uses a modified form of TIFF file for each page image it sends.
digital standard machines you mean, I suppose; and maybe the TIFF format would be a potential vector; see, libtiff itself offers some ways to crash the rendering process: http://secunia.com/advisories/15320/ and http://secunia.com/advisories/21304/ guess it could be done, yes. -- Marcio Barbado, Jr. "In fact, companies that innovate on top of open standards are advantaged because resources are freed up for higher-value work and because market opportunities expand as the standards proliferate." Scott Handy Vice President Worldwide Linux and Open Source, IBM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This list is sponsored by: Cenzic Need to secure your web apps NOW? Cenzic finds more, "real" vulnerabilities fast. Click to try it, buy it or download a solution FREE today! http://www.cenzic.com/downloads ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Re: FAX virus cwright (Nov 18)
- RE: FAX virus Ramsdell, Scott (Nov 19)
- Re: FAX virus M.B.Jr. (Nov 24)
- Re: FAX virus Steve Friedl (Nov 27)
- RE: FAX virus THORNTON Simon (Nov 24)
- Re: FAX virus M.B.Jr. (Nov 26)
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- Re: RE: FAX virus cwright (Nov 19)
- Re: FAX virus Alcides (Nov 24)
- RE: FAX virus Ramsdell, Scott (Nov 19)