PT-2009-4194 · Apple · Terminal+1

Rob King · Published 2009-06-05 · Updated 2018-10-10 · CVE-2009-1717

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 10.5.7

Description: The issue is related to an integer overflow in Terminal, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption and application crash. This is achieved by sending a crafted size value in a CSI[4 xterm resize escape sequence, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Recommendations: For Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.7, update to version 10.5.7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-1717

Affected Products

Macos X

Terminal

References · 7

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/35182 · Patch
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022322 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1717 · Security Note
• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-09-04 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/504031/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50982 · Note