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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component psnormalizer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Buffer overflow in PSNormalizer in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via a PostScript file with a crafted bounding box comment.
The bug was discovered 10/09/2008. The weakness was published 10/10/2008 with Apple (Website). The advisory is available at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3647 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 34374 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-007)), 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 even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45783) and Tenable (34374). Similar entries are available at 40924, 40923, 40501 and 40234.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 34374
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-007)
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OpenVAS ID: 102025
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: lists.apple.com
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3647 (🔍)
X-Force: 45783
SecurityTracker: 1021026
Vulnerability Center: 19766 - Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.5 PSNormalizer Remote DoS and Code Execution via a PostScript File, Critical
SecurityFocus: 31719 - Apple PSNormalizer PostScript Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 32222
OSVDB: 48974 - Apple - PSNormalizer PostScript - Buffer Overflow Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2780
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/19/2019 07:18
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (79), 08/19/2019 07:18 (5)
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