PT-2010-5085 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2010-11-16 · Updated 2010-12-10 · CVE-2010-3798

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 10.6.5

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue in the xar component allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via a crafted xar archive.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.6.5, update to version 10.6.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-3798

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3798 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3798 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3798 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YV6RF6VWM7AFYFTTS7VY5TNH26QUEEFC · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-3798 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2S2KRIILUKBJHXDNYJQQX74TFUQRG5ND · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1024723 · Note