PT-2009-5164 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2009-09-11 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-2800

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 10.4.11 through 10.5.8

Description The issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, by utilizing a crafted alias file. This is due to a buffer overflow in the Alias Manager.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions 10.4.11 through 10.5.8, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent arbitrary code execution or denial of service attacks.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2800

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 7

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2800 · Security Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/36354 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53164 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36701 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/57947 · Note