Apple Mac OS X RPC portmap integer overflow
| macos-rpc-portmap-overflow (33782) |  High Risk |
Description:
Apple Mac OS X could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow in the RPC portmap service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially-crafted AUTH_UNIX packets to an RPC service to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code on the system with daemon user privileges.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Apply Apple Security Update 2007-004, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
References:
- Apple Security Update 2007-004: About Security Update 2007-004.
- Apple Web site: Apple security updates.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Fri Apr 20 2007 - 16:57:09 CDT: [MU-200704-01] Pre-Authentication Vulnerability in Mac OS X RPC runtime library.
- BID-23569: Apple Mac OS X 2007-004 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-0736: Integer overflow in the RPC library in Libinfo in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.4.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted requests to portmap.
- OSVDB ID: 34861: Apple Mac OS X Libinfo RPC Library portmap Remote Overflow
- SA24966: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1017942: Mac OS X Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1470: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Apple Mac OS X 10.4.9
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.9
Reported:
Apr 20, 2007
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