Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-3706. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 (Operating System). This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in LibSystem in Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing an application that uses LibSystem to request a large amount of memory.

The bug was discovered 03/01/2006. The weakness was disclosed 02/28/2006 by Neil Archibald (iDefense) with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-3706 since 11/16/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20990 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-001)), 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 115334 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-03-01)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25026), Tenable (20990), SecurityFocus (BID 16907†), OSVDB (23644†) and Secunia (SA19064†). The entries VDB-1918, VDB-26962, VDB-26742 and VDB-26741 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 20990
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-001)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Neil Archibald (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-3706 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3706
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27892
X-Force: 25026
SecurityFocus: 16907 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-001 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19064
OSVDB: 23644 - Apple Mac OS X LibSystem Memory Request Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 10550 - Mac OS X 10.4-10.4.5 LibSystem Execution of Arbitrary Code, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-0791

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/15/2019 09:35
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (75), 06/15/2019 09:35 (6)
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