Apple Mac OS X BOM directory traversal
| macosx-bom-directory-traversal (25023) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could exploit a vulnerability in the BOM Framework to unpack archived files into arbitrary locations.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.3.1
- 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 10.4
- 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
Remedy:
Apply Security Update 2006-001, available from the Apple Security Update 2006-001. See References.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
References:
- Apple Security Update 2006-001, About Security Update 2006-001 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382.
- Apple Web site, Apple - Support - Downloads at http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Mar 01 2006 - 17:10:48 CST, Fwd: APPLE-SA-2006-03-01 Security Update 2006-001 at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-02/0580.html.
- BID-16907: Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-001 Multiple Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-0391: Directory traversal vulnerability in the BOM framework in Mac OS X 10.x before 10.3.9 and 10.4 before 10.4.5 allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite or create arbitrary files via an archive that is handled by BOMArchiveHelper.
- OSVDB ID: 23641: Mac OS X BOMArchiveHelper Traversal Arbitrary File Overwrite
- SA19064: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0791: Apple Mac OS X Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Mar 01, 2006
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