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Mac OS X Updated Version Addresses Thirteen Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA10086
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Release Date:
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2003-10-29
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Last Update:
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2003-11-20
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Popularity:
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13,115 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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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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| Advisory Content (Page 2 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Solution:
Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) or apply Security Update 2003-11-19.
Security Update 2003-11-19 for Jaguar 10.2.8:
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n120277
Review file permissions; specifically in:
- "/Applications"
- "/Library/Application Support"
- "/Library/StartupItems"
Provided and/or discovered by:
Matt Miller and Dave G, @stake (issues #1-4)
Anthony Holder (issue #10)
Aaron Linville (issue #11)
Chris Adams (issue #12)
Changelog:
2003-11-20: Apple releases Security Update 2003-11-19 for version 10.2.8, which addresses issues #1, #4, and #12 as well as some other issues.
Original Advisory:
@stake - Long argv[] Buffer Overflow:
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a102803-3.txt
@stake - Systemic Insecure File Permissions:
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a102803-2.txt
@stake - Arbitrary File Overwrite via Core Files:
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a102803-1.txt
Other References:
SA8974:
http://secunia.com/advisories/8974/
Change Page:
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