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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Race condition in the NSURLConnection cache management functionality in Foundation for Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified manipulations that cause messages to be sent to a deallocated object.
The bug was discovered 03/18/2008. The weakness was shared 03/18/2008 by Daniel Jalkut (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0058 since 01/03/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31605 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-002)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41297) and Tenable (31605). The entries 3489, 35080, 35079 and 38538 are related to this item.
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Class: Race conditionCWE: CWE-362
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Nessus ID: 31605
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-002)
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Daniel Jalkut
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0058 (🔍)
X-Force: 41297
SecurityTracker: 1019650
Vulnerability Center: 17986 - Apple Mac OS X Foundation NSURLConnection Race Condition Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Code, High
SecurityFocus: 28359 - Apple Mac OS X Foundation 'NSURLConnection' Cache Management Race Condition Security Vulnerability
Secunia: 29420 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 43386 - Apple - Mac OS X - Foundation 'NSURLConnection' Cache Management Race Condition Security Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0924
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 17:00Updated: 08/07/2019 16:09
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (76), 08/07/2019 16:09 (5)
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