PT-2008-5516 · Apple · Libsystem+1

Published 2008-12-17 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2008-4221

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

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

Description: The issue is related to the strptime API in Libsystem, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string. This is due to improper memory allocation.

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

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4221

Affected Products

Libsystem

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-2008-4221 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021406 · 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://securityfocus.com/bid/32881 · Note