PT-2006-4372 · Apple · Macos X+1

Tom Ferris · Published 2006-08-02 · Updated 2011-04-07 · CVE-2006-3497

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Bom for Apple Mac OS X versions 10.3.9 through 10.4.7

Description The issue is related to the compression state handling in Bom, allowing user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to application crashes, and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Zip archive.

Recommendations For versions 10.3.9 through 10.4.7, consider avoiding the use of crafted Zip archives to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-3497

Affected Products

Bom

Macos X

References · 8

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/19289 · Exploit
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3497 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21253 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/27735 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/514740 · Note