Apple Mac OS X CFNetwork chunked transfer encoding integer overflow

macos-cfnetwork-chunked-overflow (26406) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Apple Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the CFNetwork module, caused by improper handling of chunked transfer encoding data. A remote attacker exploit this vulnerability using a malicious Web page to execute arbitrary code on a victim's system.


Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Apply Apple Security Update 2006-003, available from the Apple Web site. See References.

References:

Platforms Affected:

  • Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.6

Reported:

May 11, 2006

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