PT-2009-5190 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2009-11-10 · Updated 2009-11-17 · CVE-2009-2832

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.6.2

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the FTP Server, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a CWD command specifying a pathname in a deeply nested hierarchy of directories.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.6.2, update to version 10.6.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2832

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 5

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2832 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/36956 · Patch
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 · Note