Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2007-2390. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. 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 iChat in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPnP Internet Gateway Device (IGD) packet.

The bug was discovered 05/24/2007. The weakness was published 05/25/2007 by iDefense Labs with iDEFENSE Labs as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-2390 since 04/30/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25297 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-005)), 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 115560 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2007-005 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2007-05-24)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5387.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34502), Tenable (25297), SecurityFocus (BID 24144†), OSVDB (35141†) and Secunia (SA25402†). Similar entries are available at VDB-33639, VDB-33002, VDB-32911 and VDB-34611. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 25297
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-005)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: iDefense Labs
Organization: iDEFENSE Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-2390 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2390
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36980
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X-Force: 34502
SecurityFocus: 24144 - Apple Mac OS X 2007-005 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 25402
OSVDB: 35141 - Apple Mac OS X iChat UPnP Internet Gateway Device (IGD) Packet Remote Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1018119
Vulnerability Center: 15225 - Apple Mac OS X iChat Buffer Overflow Allows Remote DoS and Code Execution via UPnP IGD Packet, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-1939

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

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 11/26/2024 01:17
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (85), 07/19/2019 18:56 (5), 11/26/2024 01:17 (16)
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