Apple Mac OS X PSNormalizer buffer overflow
| macosx-psnormalizer-bo (45783) |  High Risk |
Description:
Apple Mac OS X is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking of the bounding box comment in a PostScript file by PSNormalizer. By persuading a victim to view a specially-crafted PostScript file, a remote attacker could 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 2008-007, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
References:
- Apple Web site: About Security Update 2008-007 .
- BID-31681: RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- BID-31719: Apple PSNormalizer PostScript Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-3647: Buffer overflow in PSNormalizer in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file with a crafted bounding box comment.
- SA32222: Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1021026: Mac OS X Buffer Overflow in PSNormalizer Lets Local Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2780: Apple Mac OS X Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11
- Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5
Reported:
Oct 09, 2008
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