Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | Apple Help Viewer vulnerable to buffer overflow |
Informations | |||
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Name | VU#566875 | First vendor Publication | 2008-05-29 |
Vendor | VU-CERT | Last vendor Modification | 2008-05-29 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | M |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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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) | |||
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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
Vulnerability Note VU#566875Apple Help Viewer vulnerable to buffer overflowOverviewA vulnerability in the way Apple Help Viewer handles specially crafted URLs may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.I. DescriptionAccording to Apple Security Update 2008-003:An integer underflow in Help Viewer's handling of help:topic URLs may result in a buffer overflow. Accessing a malicious help:topic URL may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. Note that this issue affects systems running Mac OS X prior to version 10.5. II. ImpactA remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.III. SolutionApply UpdateThis issue is addressed in Apple Security Update 2008-003. An update for Mac OS X is available on Apple Downloads and via Software Update.
References
This issue was reported in Apple Security Update 2008-003. Apple credits Paul Haddad of PTH with reporting this issue. This document was written by Chris Taschner.
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Original Source
Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/566875 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-189 | Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
Date | Description |
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2010-05-12 | Name : Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update / Mac OS X Security Update 2008-003 File : nvt/macosx_upd_10_5_3_secupd_2008-003.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
Id | Description |
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45703 | Apple Mac OS X Help Viewer help:topic URL Handling Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2008-05-29 | Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues. File : macosx_10_5_3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2008-05-29 | Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues. File : macosx_SecUpd2008-003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |