Apple Mac OS X up to 05 00 05 05 K information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Mac OS X. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3164. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The AJP connector in Apache Tomcat 4.0.1 through 4.0.6 and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36, as used in Hitachi Cosminexus Application Server and standalone, does not properly handle when a connection is broken before request body data is sent in a POST request, which can lead to an information leak when "unsuitable request body data" is used for a different request, possibly related to Java Servlet pages.

The weakness was released 07/01/2008 with Apple as HT2163 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3164 since 10/06/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33282 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-004)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115848 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4 and Security Update 2008-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2008-06-30)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at support.apple.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (33282), SecurityFocus (BID 15003†) and Secunia (SA30802†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3754, VDB-3750, VDB-3753 and VDB-3752. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 33282
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-004)
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OpenVAS ID: 102032
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: support.apple.com

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10/03/2005 🔍
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07/01/2008 +999 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT2163
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-3164 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3164
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3751
SecurityFocus: 15003 - Hitachi Cosminexus Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 30802 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-1981

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

Created: 07/18/2008 19:27
Updated: 03/16/2021 15:25
Changes: 07/18/2008 19:27 (68), 04/12/2019 08:55 (6), 03/16/2021 15:19 (7), 03/16/2021 15:25 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:70D:103

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