ISS X-Force Database: macosx-automount-code-execution(25021): Apple Mac OS X automount code execution

Apple Mac OS X automount code execution

macosx-automount-code-execution (25021)

High Risk

Description:

Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server are vulnerable to a denial of service caused by a vulnerability in automount. A local attacker could mount a file system with a reserved name to cause the system to become unresponsive or possibly execute arbitrary code from the file server.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	3.7
Access Vector:	Local
Access Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Not Required
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Temporal Score:	2.7
Exploitability:	Unproven
Remediation Level:	Official-Fix
Report Confidence:	Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Privileges

Remedy:

Apply Security Update 2006-001, available from the Apple Security Update 2006-001. See References.

References:

Apple Security Update 2006-001: About Security Update 2006-001.
Apple Web site: Apple - Support - Downloads.
BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Mar 01 2006 - 17:10:48 CST: Fwd: APPLE-SA-2006-03-01 Security Update 2006-001.
BID-16907: Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-001 Multiple Vulnerabilities
CVE-2006-0384: automount in Mac OS X 10.4.5 and earlier allows remote file servers to cause a denial of service (unresponsiveness) or execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that cause automount to mount file systems with reserved names.
OSVDB ID: 23640: Mac OS X automount Reserved Name File System Mount
SA19064: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
SECTRACK ID: 1015709: Mac OS X automount Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code on Systems on the Local Network
VUPEN/ADV-2006-0791: Apple Mac OS X Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

Apple Mac OS X 10.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.6
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.7
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.8
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
Apple Mac OS X 10.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.6
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.7
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.8
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.5

Reported:

Mar 03, 2006

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