Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2008-4217 First vendor Publication 2008-12-16
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2011-03-08

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Integer signedness error in BOM in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the headers in a crafted CPIO archive, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4217

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 61
Os 59

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2010-05-12 Name : Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update / Mac OS X Security Update 2008-008
File : nvt/macosx_upd_10_5_6_secupd_2008-008.nasl
2009-11-17 Name : Mac OS X Version
File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
50923 Apple Mac OS X BOM Crafted CPIO Archive Header Handling Overflow

A buffer overflow exists in Mac OS X. BOM fails to validate cpio archives resulting in a stack overflow. With a specially crafted archive, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-12-16 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_10_5_6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-16 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2008-008.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32876
CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html
CONFIRM http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021399
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/33179
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444

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