PT-2011-2192 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2011-06-24 · Updated 2011-10-27 · CVE-2011-0212

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.6.8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, and possibly send HTTP requests to intranet servers or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption), via an XML-RPC request containing an entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.6.8, update to version 10.6.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-0212

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 4

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0212 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/48445 · Note