Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.9 Kernel Syscall Emulation integer coercion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.9. This impacts an unknown function of the component Kernel Syscall Emulation. The manipulation leads to integer coercion. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-0969. The attack must be carried out from within the local network. In addition, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.9 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Kernel Syscall Emulation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the syscall emulation functionality in Mac OS X before 10.3.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted parameters.

The bug was discovered 06/21/2004. The weakness was presented 04/12/2005 by Dino Dai Zovi with Immunity (Website). The advisory is shared at docs.info.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0969 since 04/05/2005. The attack can only be done within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 214 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18062 (Mac OS X 10.3.x < 10.3.9 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 to version 10.3.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18980), Tenable (18062), SecurityFocus (BID 12295†), OSVDB (13102†) and Secunia (SA14974†). apple.com is providing further details. See VDB-1152, VDB-1151, VDB-1150 and VDB-1378 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 18062
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.3.x < 10.3.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.3.9
Patch: apple.com

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06/21/2004 🔍
01/18/2005 +211 days 🔍
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04/05/2005 +74 days 🔍
04/12/2005 +7 days 🔍
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04/21/2005 +3 days 🔍
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05/12/2005 +7 days 🔍
07/02/2019 +5164 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: Dino Dai Zovi
Organization: Immunity
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0969 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0969
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1373
X-Force: 18980 - Apple Mac OS X searchfs integer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 12295 - Apple Mac OS X Kernel SearchFS Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 14974 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 13102 - Apple Mac OS X searchfs() System Call Kernel Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 7837 - DoS in Mac OS X < 10.3.9 via Buffer Overflow in Syscall Emulation, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 04/21/2005 11:10
Updated: 07/02/2019 12:41
Changes: 04/21/2005 11:10 (94), 07/02/2019 12:41 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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