PT-2009-4641 · Apple · Macos X

Alfredo Pesoli · Published 2009-08-06 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-2191

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions 10.4.11 through 10.5.7

Description A format string issue in the Login Window of Mac OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause an application crash via format string specifiers in an application name.

Recommendations For Mac OS X version 10.4.11, update to a version later than 10.4.11. For Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.8, update to version 10.5.8 or later.

Fix

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2191

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 9

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/35954 · Patch
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36096 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2191 · Security Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/56840 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52428 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html · Note