PT-2006-5209 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2006-11-30 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-4406

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions 10.3.x through 10.3.9 Mac OS X versions 10.4.x through 10.4.8

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the PPP component of Mac OS X when PPPoE is enabled, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions 10.3.x through 10.3.9, update to a version later than 10.3.9 to resolve the issue. For Mac OS X versions 10.4.x through 10.4.8, update to a version later than 10.4.8 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-4406

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 12

• http://secunia.com/advisories/23155 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4406 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/870960 · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/30732 · Note
• http://labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200611-01.txt · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017305 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30627 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/21335 · Note