Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 Foundation memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Foundation. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-1336. The attack must be carried out from within the local network. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Foundation. 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 the Foundation framework for Mac OS X 10.3.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long environment variable.

The bug was discovered 05/04/2005. The weakness was presented 05/04/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at docs.info.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-1336 since 04/27/2005. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18189 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-005)), 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 115060 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-005 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2005-05-03)).

Upgrading 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 upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (18189), SecurityFocus (BID 13503†), OSVDB (16077†), Secunia (SA15227†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8422†). See VDB-1453, VDB-1443, VDB-1452 and VDB-1449 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 18189
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-005)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: apple.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1336 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1336
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1448
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SecurityFocus: 13503
Secunia: 15227 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 16077 - CVE-2005-1336 - Apple - Mac OS X - Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 8422

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/24/2005 11:38
Updated: 07/18/2024 11:27
Changes: 05/24/2005 11:38 (71), 07/02/2019 18:17 (5), 03/11/2021 11:20 (3), 07/09/2024 05:10 (16), 07/18/2024 11:27 (1)
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