PT-2005-1995 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2005-05-12 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-0971

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 stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in the semop system call, allowing local users to gain privileges through crafted arguments.

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

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0971

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0971 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Apr/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/212190 · Note