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>> Apple Xcode Tools Update Fixes GNU Debugger Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : Apple Xcode Tools Update Fixes GNU Debugger Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4283
CVE ID : CVE-2006-4146
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-11-01


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Apple has released a security update for Xcode Tools to address a vulnerability identified in GDB. This flaw could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious DWARF binary. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2006-3433

Affected Products

Apple Xcode Tools versions prior to 2.4.1
Apple Mac OS X version 10.4.8 and prior

Solution

Upgrade to Xcode Tools version 2.4.1 :
http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4283
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304669

ChangeLog

2006-11-01 : Initial release

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