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Mac OS X ftpd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23178
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Release Date:
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2006-12-05
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Last Update:
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2007-04-23
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Popularity:
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14,122 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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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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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-6652
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Mac OS X, which potentially can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in ftpd when handling commands with globbing characters (e.g. "*") and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.8. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Apply Security Update 2007-004:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
Provided and/or discovered by:
kcope
Changelog:
2007-04-23: Updated "Solution" section. Added CVE reference.
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