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Apple Mac OS X Security Update for Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA25402
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Release Date:
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2007-05-25
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Last Update:
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2007-05-30
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Popularity:
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9,917 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-3011
CVE-2006-4095
CVE-2006-4096
CVE-2006-4573
CVE-2006-5467
CVE-2006-6303
CVE-2007-0493
CVE-2007-0494
CVE-2007-0740
CVE-2007-0750
CVE-2007-0751
CVE-2007-0752
CVE-2007-0753
CVE-2007-1536
CVE-2007-1558
CVE-2007-2386
CVE-2007-2390
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Description:
Apple has issued a security update for Mac OS X, which fixes multiple vulnerabilities.
1) Alias Manager does not display identically-named files contained in identically-named mounted disk images. This can be exploited by malicious people to execute a malicious application by tricking a user into mounting two identically-named disk images.
2) Some errors in BIND can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA21752
SA23904
3) An integer overflow error in CoreGraphics when processing a PDF file can be exploited by malicious people to execute arbitrary code.
This does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.4.
4) An error in crontabs may cause a DoS when filesystems mounted in /tmp gets deleted when the daily cleanup script is executed.
5) An error within the APOP implementation of fetchmail may be exploited by malicious people to disclose a user's password.
6) An integer underflow error within file's "file_printf" function can be exploited by malicious people to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
For more information:
SA24548
7) An error in iChat's UPnP IGD (Internet Gateway Device Standardized Device Control Protocol) module can be exploited by malicious people to cause a buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted packet to the application.
8) An error in mDNSResponder's UPnP IGD (Internet Gateway Device Standardized Device Control Protocol) module can be exploited by malicious people to cause a buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted packet to the application.
This does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.4.
9) Insufficient access validation in pppd when processing the "plugin" command line option can be exploited by malicious, local users to load arbitrary plugins and gain escalated privileges.
This does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.4.
10) Two vulnerabilities in ruby can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS.
For more information:
SA13123
11) Errors in screen can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA22583
12) An error in texinfo can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.
For more information see vulnerability #1 in:
SA16816
13) A format string error in vpnd can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges by running vpnd with specially crafted arguments.
Solution:
Apply Security Update 2007-005.
Security Update 2007-005 (10.3.9 Client):
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20070051039client.html
Security Update 2007-005 (10.3.9 Server):
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20070051039server.html
Security Update 2007-005 (PPC):
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2007005ppc.html
Security Update 2007-005 (Universal):
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2007005universal.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits:
1) Greg Bolsinga, Blurb, Inc.
8) Michael Lynn, Juniper Networks
9) An anonymous person, reported via iDefense Labs
13) Chris Anley, NGSSoftware
Changelog:
2007-05-28: Added links to US-CERT.
2007-05-30: Added link to NGSSoftware.
Original Advisory:
Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=537
NGSSoftware:
http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/high-risk-vulnerability-in-mac-os-x/
Other References:
SA13123:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13123/
SA16816:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16816/
SA21752:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21752/
SA22583:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22583/
SA23904:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23904/
SA24548:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24548/
US-CERT VU#116100:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/116100
US-CERT VU#221876:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/221876
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