PT-2005-1993 · Apple · Macos X

Dino Dai Zovi · Published 2005-05-12 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-0969

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions prior to 10.3.9

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists in the syscall emulation functionality, allowing local users to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to a kernel panic, and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted parameters.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions prior to 10.3.9, update to version 10.3.9 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0969

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 2

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Apr/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0969 · Security Note