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Apple Mac OS X slpd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23796
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Release Date:
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2007-01-19
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Last Update:
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2008-02-12
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Popularity:
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10,420 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Apple Macintosh OS X
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-0355
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Description:
KF has reported a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the SLP daemon ("slpd") when processing the "attr-list" field of a registration request. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in a crash of the service or potentially in execution of arbitrary code with escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is reported in Mac OS X 10.4.8 (8L2127) on a x86 platform. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to Mac OS X 10.5.2 or apply Security Update 2008-001.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430
Provided and/or discovered by:
KF
Changelog:
2008-02-12: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-17-01-2007.html
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