PT-2008-3801 · Gnu+1 · C++Filt+1

Published 2008-07-01 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-2310

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.4

Description: The issue allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted string in C++ or Java source code. This is due to a format string vulnerability in c++filt.

Recommendations: For Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.4, update to version 10.5.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2310

Affected Products

Macos X

C++Filt

References · 11

• http://secunia.com/advisories/30802 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2310 · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-2310 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2310 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2310 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43494 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30018 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020392 · Note