Apple Mac OS X CarbonCore buffer overflow

macosx-carboncore-bo (44126) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Apple Mac OS X is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by CarbonCore. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an overly long filename to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the application to crash.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 6.8
  Access Vector: Network
  Access Complexity: Medium
  Authentication: None
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: Partial
  Availability Impact: Partial
 
Temporal Score: 5
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Apply Security Update 2008-005, available from the Apple Web site. See References.

For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.

References:

  • Apple Web site: About the security content of Safari 4.0.
  • Apple Web site: About Security Update 2008-005.
  • BID-30483: RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-005 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
  • BID-30487: Apple Mac OS X CarbonCore Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • CVE-2008-2320: Stack-based buffer overflow in CarbonCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.4, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long filename to the file management API.
  • SA31326: Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA35379: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1020602: Mac OS X CarbonCore Stack Overflow in Processing Filenames Lets Users Execute Arbitrary Code
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-2268: Apple Mac OS X Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
  • VUPEN/ADV-2009-1522: Apple Safari Multiple Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
  • VUPEN/ADV-2009-1621: Apple iPhone and iPod touch Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

  • Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.7
  • Apple Safari 0.8
  • Apple Safari 0.9
  • Apple Safari 1.0
  • Apple Safari 1.0.3
  • Apple Safari 1.1
  • Apple Safari 1.2
  • Apple Safari 1.3
  • Apple Safari 1.3.1
  • Apple Safari 1.3.2
  • Apple Safari 2.0
  • Apple Safari 2.0.2
  • Apple Safari 2.0.4
  • Apple Safari 3.0
  • Apple Safari 3.0.1
  • Apple Safari 3.0.2
  • Apple Safari 3.0.2 Mac
  • Apple Safari 3.0.3
  • Apple Safari 3.0.4
  • Apple Safari 3.1
  • Apple Safari 3.1.1
  • Apple Safari 3.1.2
  • Apple Safari 3.2
  • Apple Safari 3.2.1
  • Apple Safari 3.2.2
  • Apple Safari 3.2.3
  • Apple Safari 4.0 Beta

Reported:

Aug 01, 2008

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