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Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14974
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Release Date:
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2005-04-18
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Last Update:
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2005-07-11
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Popularity:
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13,331 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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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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| | Software: | Safari 1.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0969
CVE-2005-0970
CVE-2005-0971
CVE-2005-0972
CVE-2005-0973
CVE-2005-0974
CVE-2005-0975
CVE-2005-0976
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Description:
Apple has issued an update for Mac OS X, which fixes various vulnerabilities.
1) An input validation error in the kernel syscall emulation functionality when handling input parameter lists can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
2) An error in the kernel allows installation or creation of SUID/SGID scripts, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
3) An error in the kernel "semop()" system call can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA13902
4) An integer overflow in the kernel "searchfs()" system call can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA13902
5) An error in the handling of values passed to the "setsockopt()" function can be exploited by malicious, local users to exhaust available memory resources.
6) An error in the "nfs_mount()" function due to insufficient input value checks can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a kernel panic.
7) An error in the parsing of certain executable files can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause system operations to suspend temporarily.
8) An error in Safari can be exploited by malicious web sites to load and execute HTML and JavaScript in the local domain.
Solution:
Apply Mac OS X 10.3.9 Update.
Mac OS X Combined Update 10.3.9:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxcombinedupdate1039.html
Mac OS X Server Update 10.3.9:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxserverupdate1039.html
Mac OS X Server Update 10.3.9 (Combo):
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxserverupdate1039combo.html
Mac OS X Update 10.3.9:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxupdate1039.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Dino Dai Zovi
2) Bruce Murphy and Justin Walker
5) Robert Stump
7) Neil Archibald
8) David Remahl
Changelog:
2005-07-11: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
Original Advisory:
Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301327
David Remahl:
http://remahl.se/david/vuln/001/
Other References:
SA13902:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13902/
US-CERT VU#998369:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/998369
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