PT-2008-5512 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2008-12-17 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2008-4217

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.6

Description: The issue is related to an integer signedness error in the BOM of Apple Mac OS X, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the headers in a crafted CPIO archive. This leads to a stack-based buffer overflow.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 10.5.6, update to version 10.5.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4217

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 9

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4217 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32876 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32839 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021399 · Note