Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Apple Mac OS X, which could be exploited by remote or local attackers to execute arbitrary commands, cause a denial of service, disclose sensitive information, or bypass security restrictions.
These issues are caused by errors in Address Book, CFNetwork, ColorSync, Core Foundation, CUPS, Desktop Services, Flash Player, GNU Tar, iChat, IO Storage Family, Launch Services, Mail, Perl, python, Quick Look, ruby, Safari, Samba, Shockwave Plug-in, SMB, Software Update, Spin Tracer, Spotlight, tcpdump and XQuery when processing specially crafted data, which could be exploited to bypass security checks, gain knowledge of sensitive information, cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system.
For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3681 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-3529 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-2958 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-3958 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-3724 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-3201 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-3508 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-4009 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-3869 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-0952 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-0793 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-2578 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-3725
Affected Products
Apple Mac OS X version 10.4.11 and prior
Apple Mac OS X version 10.5.1 and prior
Apple Mac OS X Server version 10.4.11 and prior
Apple Mac OS X Server version 10.5.1 and prior
Solution
Security Update 2007-009 (10.5.1) :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2007009111051.html
Security Update 2007-009 (10.4.11 PPC) :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20070091110411ppc.html
Security Update 2007-009 (10.4.11 Universal) :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20070091110411universal.html
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307224
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by Sean Harding, Tom Ferris (ASSET), Dave Camp (Critical Path Software), Wei Wang (McAfee Avert Labs), Zalewski (Google), Xeno Kovah, Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry (Google Security Team), Lukhnos D. Liu (Lithoglyph), Alin Rad Pop (Secunia Research), Sean Larsson (VeriSign iDefense Labs), Moritz Jodeit, and Kevin Finisterre (DigitalMunition).
ChangeLog
2007-12-18 : Initial release
2007-12-24 : Updated Solution
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