Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.8 AppleTalk ATPsndrsp memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.8. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is the function ATPsndrsp of the component AppleTalk. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-0236. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Restrictive firewalling should be applied.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.8 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function ATPsndrsp of the component AppleTalk. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Double free vulnerability in the _ATPsndrsp function in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted AppleTalk request that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 01/14/2007. The weakness was shared 01/15/2007 by LMH with MOAB (Website). The advisory is available at projects.info-pull.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-0236 since 01/16/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24811 (Mac OS X < 10.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-003)), 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 c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115527 (Apple Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2007-03-13)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com.Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling . The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31493), Exploit-DB (3130), Tenable (24811), SecurityFocus (BID 22041†) and OSVDB (32687†). The entries VDB-2824, VDB-2832, VDB-2833 and VDB-2837 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 24811
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-003)
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Patch: apple.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: projects.info-pull.com
Researcher: LMH
Organization: MOAB
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0236 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0236
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2834
X-Force: 31493
SecurityFocus: 22041 - Apple Mac OS X AppleTalk _ATPsndrsp Function Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 23708 - Apple Mac OS X AppleTalk "ATPsndrsp()" Privilege Escalation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 32687 - Apple Mac OS X _ATPsndrsp() Function AppleTalk Request Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1017513
Vulnerability Center: 14630 - Apple Mac OS X _ATPsndrsp Function Denial of Service via Crafted AppleTalk Request, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-0191

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 01/22/2007 09:48
Updated: 06/14/2025 01:42
Changes: 01/22/2007 09:48 (98), 07/16/2019 17:15 (2), 08/18/2024 03:57 (19), 06/14/2025 01:42 (6)
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