PT-2008-2601 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2008-03-18 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-0999

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X version 10.5.2

Description The issue allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, by utilizing a crafted Universal Disc Format (UDF) disk image. This triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X version 10.5.2, avoid using crafted Universal Disc Format (UDF) disk images to prevent the denial of service. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of UDF disk images until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0999

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0999 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41280 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28389 · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 · Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019669 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28304 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html · Note