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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.1 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component CC Profile. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 through 10.5.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG image with an embedded ICC profile.
The bug was discovered 09/15/2008. The weakness was shared 09/16/2008 by Robert Swiecki with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3608 since 08/12/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34211 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115955 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5 and Security Update 2008-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2008-09-15)).
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 (45168) and Tenable (34211). The entries 42790, 42001, 42000 and 41999 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 34211
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102033
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Robert Swiecki
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3608 (🔍)
X-Force: 45168
SecurityTracker: 1020876
Vulnerability Center: 19482 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11- 10.5.4 ImageIO Remote DoS or Code Execution via a Crafted JPEG Image, Critical
SecurityFocus: 31189 - Apple Mac OS X 2008-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31882
OSVDB: 48195 - CVE-2008-3608 - Apple - Mac OS X - Denial-Of-Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2584
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/17/2019 07:35
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (73), 08/17/2019 07:35 (13)
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