PT-2007-2175 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2007-03-13 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2007-0723

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions 10.3.9 through 10.4.8

Description The issue affects the authentication feature for DirectoryService (DS Plug-Ins) and allows remote authenticated LDAP users to modify the root password and gain privileges.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions 10.3.9 through 10.4.8, update to a version that contains the fix for this issue to prevent remote authenticated LDAP users from modifying the root password and gaining privileges.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-0723

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0723 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017751 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/557064 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/34848 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/22948 · Note