PT-2007-5460 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2007-11-15 · Updated 2024-02-02 · CVE-2007-4268

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions 10.4 through 10.4.10

Description The issue is related to an integer signedness error in the Networking component, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted AppleTalk message. This message contains a negative value that satisfies a signed comparison during mbuf allocation but is later interpreted as an unsigned value, triggering a heap-based buffer overflow.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions 10.4 through 10.4.10, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-681

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4268

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4268 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26444 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/69680 · Telegram Post
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018950 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 · Note
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=628 · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38476 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27643 · Note