Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.1 ImageIO resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.1. This impacts an unknown function of the component ImageIO. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-2332. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.1 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component ImageIO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 through 10.5.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image.

The bug was discovered 09/15/2008. The weakness was presented 09/16/2008 by Robert Swiecki with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-2332 since 05/18/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34211 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 115955 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5 and Security Update 2008-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2008-09-15)).

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 (45167), Tenable (34211), SecurityFocus (BID 31189†), OSVDB (48180†) and Secunia (SA31882†). See VDB-42790, VDB-42001, VDB-42000 and VDB-41999 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 34211
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102033
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Robert Swiecki
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2332 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2332
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44053
X-Force: 45167
SecurityFocus: 31189 - Apple Mac OS X 2008-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31882
OSVDB: 48180 - CVE-2008-2332 - Apple - Mac OS X - Denial-Of-Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020876
Vulnerability Center: 19491 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 - 10.5.4 ImageIO Remote DoS or Code Execution via a Crafted TIFF Image, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-2584

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/17/2019 09:10
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (73), 08/17/2019 09:10 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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