|
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
|
|
Secunia Advisory:
|
SA12690
|
|
|
Release Date:
|
2004-10-05
|
|
Popularity:
|
13,325 views
|
|
|
Critical:
|
Highly critical
|
|
Impact:
|
Security Bypass
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
|
|
Where:
|
From remote
|
|
Solution Status:
|
Vendor Patch
|
|
| OS: | Apple Macintosh OS X
|
|
|
Subscribe:
|
Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities 
|
|
| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-0558
CVE-2004-0921
CVE-2004-0922
CVE-2004-0923
CVE-2004-0924
CVE-2004-0925
CVE-2004-0926
CVE-2004-0927
|
|
Description:
Apple has issued a security update for Mac OS X, which fixes various vulnerabilities.
1) A vulnerability in the AFP Server can be exploited by guest users to disconnect AFP volumes by sending specially crafted SessionDestroy packets.
The vulnerability does reportedly not affect versions prior to 10.3.
2) A security issue in the AFP Server can be exploited to change the permissions of a write-only AFP drop box to read-write due to an incorrect setting of the guest group id.
This problem does reportedly not affect versions prior to 10.3.
3) A vulnerability in CUPS can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA12556
4) A vulnerability in CUPS within certain methods of authenticated remote printing can be exploited to disclose users' passwords in the log files.
5) A security issue in the NetInfo Manager utility may result in an incorrect indication of the "root" account being disabled.
This problem does reportedly not affect versions prior to 10.3.
6) A security issue in postfix with "SMTPD AUTH" enabled may result in only users with the longest usernames being able to authenticate.
This problem does reportedly not affect versions prior to 10.3.
7) A vulnerability in QuickTime can potentially be exploited to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the handling of BMP images.
8) ServerAdmin comes with a self signed default certificate used for encrypted communication. However, this certificate is the same on all systems and it is therefore possible to decrypt and read captured sessions if this certificate is used.
Solution:
Apply Security Update 2004-09-30.
Mac OS X v10.3.5 and Mac OS X Server v10.3.5:
http://www.apple.com/support/download...te20040930macosx1035clientserver.html
Mac OS X v10.2.8 and Mac OS X Server v10.2.8:
http://www.apple.com/support/download...0040930macosx1028clientandserver.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
4) Gary Smith
6) Michael Rondinelli
Other References:
SA12556:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12556/
|
|
|
Track this Secunia Advisory
|
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.
Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.
|
|
|
About this Secunia Advisory
|
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.
Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
|
