Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 CFNetwork integer coercion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component CFNetwork. Performing a manipulation results in integer coercion. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-1441. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 (Operating System). This affects some unknown functionality of the component CFNetwork. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted chunked transfer encoding.

The bug was discovered 05/11/2006. The weakness was disclosed 05/08/2006 by Brent Simmons (McAfee) with McAfee AVERT Labs (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1441 since 03/28/2006. 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 21341 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-003)), 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 l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115357 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-05-11)).

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 (26406), Tenable (21341), SecurityFocus (BID 17951†), OSVDB (25585†) and Secunia (SA20077†). The entries VDB-27361, VDB-26531, VDB-30221 and VDB-30220 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 21341
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-003)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Brent Simmons (McAfee)
Organization: McAfee AVERT Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1441 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1441
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30207
X-Force: 26406
SecurityFocus: 17951 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-003 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20077 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 25585 - Apple Mac OS X CFNetwork Integer Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1016082
Vulnerability Center: 11408 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.4.6 Remote Code Execution due to Integer Overflow in CFNetwork, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-1779

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/17/2019 17:56
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (77), 06/17/2019 17:56 (11)
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