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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.1 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-189. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Multiple integer overflows in the SearchKit API in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 through 10.5.4 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors associated with "passing untrusted input" to unspecified API functions.
The bug was discovered 09/15/2008. The weakness was shared 09/16/2008 by Robert Swiecki with Google Security Team (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3616 since 08/12/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 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.
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 (45172) and Tenable (34211). The entries 42790, 42001, 42000 and 41999 are related to this item.
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Class: Numeric errorCWE: CWE-189
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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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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Robert Swiecki
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2008-3616 (🔍)
X-Force: 45172
SecurityTracker: 1020880
Vulnerability Center: 19489 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11-10.5.4 SearchKit API Multiple Integer Overflows Allows DoS or Code Execution, High
SecurityFocus: 31189 - Apple Mac OS X 2008-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31882
OSVDB: 48187 - CVE-2008-3616 - Apple - Mac OS X - Multiple Integer Overflow Issues
Vupen: ADV-2008-2584
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/17/2019 09:06
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (70), 08/17/2019 09:06 (12)
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