Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-0058. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Race condition in the NSURLConnection cache management functionality in Foundation for Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified manipulations that cause messages to be sent to a deallocated object.

The bug was discovered 03/18/2008. The weakness was shared 03/18/2008 by Daniel Jalkut (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0058 since 01/03/2008. 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 31605 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-002)), 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 115754 (Apple Security Update 2008-002 Not Installed).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41297), Tenable (31605), SecurityFocus (BID 28359†), OSVDB (43386†) and Secunia (SA29420†). The entries VDB-3489, VDB-35080, VDB-35079 and VDB-38538 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Nessus ID: 31605
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-002)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Daniel Jalkut
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0058 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0058
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41559
X-Force: 41297
SecurityFocus: 28359 - Apple Mac OS X Foundation 'NSURLConnection' Cache Management Race Condition Security Vulnerability
Secunia: 29420 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 43386 - Apple - Mac OS X - Foundation 'NSURLConnection' Cache Management Race Condition Security Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019650
Vulnerability Center: 17986 - Apple Mac OS X Foundation NSURLConnection Race Condition Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Code, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-0924

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

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 06/01/2025 20:01
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (76), 08/07/2019 16:09 (5), 06/01/2025 20:01 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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