Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0065. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6.2 (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Disk Images in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted disk image with bzip2 compression.

The weakness was presented 03/30/2010 with Apple as HT4077 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0065. 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.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45372 (Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.3 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117331 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2010-002 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (45372), SecurityFocus (BID 39252†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25693†). See VDB-48189, VDB-50877, VDB-49430 and VDB-52475 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 45372
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102039
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.6.0

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03/12/2009 🔍
12/15/2009 +277 days 🔍
03/29/2010 +104 days 🔍
03/30/2010 +1 days 🔍
03/30/2010 +0 days 🔍
05/11/2010 +42 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1773 days 🔍
09/06/2021 +2363 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT4077
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0065 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0065
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52443
SecurityFocus: 39252 - Apple Mac OS X Disk Images Component Mounting 'bzip2' Image Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 25693 - Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.6.3 Remote Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability via Disk Image with bzip2, Medium

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

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/06/2021 08:56
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (62), 02/24/2017 10:09 (9), 09/06/2021 08:53 (4), 09/06/2021 08:56 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:F68:103

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