Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 (Operating System). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The strptime API in Libsystem in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, related to improper memory allocation.

The bug was discovered 12/15/2008. The weakness was disclosed 12/16/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4221 since 09/24/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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 35111 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.6 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 116081 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 and Security Update 2008-008 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2008-12-15)).

Upgrading to version 10.5 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 (47339) and Tenable (35111). The entries 41728, 43202, 45513 and 45512 are pretty similar.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 35111
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102034
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.5

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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4221 (🔍)
X-Force: 47339
SecurityTracker: 1021406
Vulnerability Center: 20290 - Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 strptime API in Libsystem Remote DoS and Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 32881 - Apple Mac OS X 'strptime' API Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 33179 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50984 - Apple - Mac OS X - 'strptime' API Memory Corruption Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-3444

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/22/2019 14:35
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (83), 08/22/2019 14:35 (4)
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