Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Apple Mac OS X, which could be exploited by remote or local attackers to cause a denial of service, disclose sensitive information, bypass security restrictions or compromise an affected system. These issues are caused by implementation, data validation, and buffer overflow errors in AFP Server, Apache, AppKit, Apple Pixlet Video, ATS, CFNetwork, CoreFoundation, CoreGraphics, CoreTypes, CUPS, Flash Player Plug-in, Help Viewer, International Components for Unicode, Image Capture, ImageIO, Kernel, LoginWindow, Mail, ruby, Single Sign-On, and Wiki Server, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security checks, gain knowledge of sensitive information, cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands or scripting code.
Certain vulnerabilities are related to : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2870 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-0056 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-3017 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-2727 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-3020 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-4201 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-0047 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-4258 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-1158 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-3390
Affected Products
Mac OS X version 10.4.11
Mac OS X Server version 10.4.11
Mac OS X versions 10.5 through 10.5.2
Mac OS X Server versions 10.5 through 10.5.2
Solution
Apple Security Update 2008-003 (Intel) :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2008003intel.html
Apple Security Update 2008-003 Server (Universal) :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2008003serveruniversal.html
Apple Security Update 2008-003 Server (PPC) :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2008003serverppc.html
Apple Security Update 2008-003 (PPC) :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2008003ppc.html
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1897
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by Alex deVries, Robert Rich, Rosyna (Unsanity), Melissa O'Neill (Harvey Mudd College), Brian Mastenbrook, Paul Haddad (PTH Consulting), Gynvael Coldwind (Hispasec), Derek Morr (Pennsylvania State University), Geoff Franks (Hauptman Woodward Institute), and Don Rainwater (University of Cincinnati).
ChangeLog
2008-05-29 : Initial release
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