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Apple Mac OS X slpd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA23796
Release Date: 2007-01-19
Last Update: 2008-02-12
Popularity: 10,783 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Apple Macintosh OS X

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-0355


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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