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Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities

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SA28891

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Release Date:

2008-02-12

Last Update:

2008-02-13

Popularity:

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Critical:

Highly critical

Impact:

Security Bypass
Exposure of system information
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Apple Macintosh OS X

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Solution:
Update to Mac OS X 10.5.2 or apply Security Update 2008-001.

Security Update 2008-001 (PPC):
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2008001ppc.html

Security Update 2008-001 (Universal):
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2008001universal.html

Mac OS X 10.5.2 Combo Update:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1052comboupdate.html

Mac OS X Server 10.5.2 Combo Update:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxserver1052comboupdate.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
2) The vendor credits Steven Fisher of Discovery Software Ltd. and Ian Coutier.
4) The vendor credits Oleg Drokin, Sun Microsystems.
5) The vendor credits Jesse Pearson.
6) Alin Rad Pop, Secunia Research.
7) The vendor credits Olli Leppanen of Digital Film Finland, and Brian Mastenbrook.

Changelog:
2008-02-13: Added link to US-CERT.

Original Advisory:
Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430

Other References:
SA27040:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27040/

SA27760:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27760/

US-CERT VU#774345:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774345

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