PT-2011-1460 · Apple · Macos X+1

Aaron Sigel · Published 2011-01-10 · Updated 2011-01-20 · CVE-2010-4013

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 PackageKit in Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.6.6

Description The issue allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, specifically an application crash, via vectors related to interaction between Software Update and distribution scripts.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.6.6, update to version 10.6.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-4013

Affected Products

Macos X

Packagekit

References · 7

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jan/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42841 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4013 · Security Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4498 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0050 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/70309 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1024938 · Note