Apple Mac OS X up to 10.6 Printing numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Printing. The manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2010-1380. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Printing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in the cgtexttops CUPS filter in Printing in Apple Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors related to page sizes.

The weakness was presented 06/17/2010 by Kevin Finisterre (pagvac) with MIT Kerberos Team (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-1380 since 04/15/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 47023 (Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.4 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 118106 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2010-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2010-06-15-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (47023), SecurityFocus (BID 40871†), Secunia (SA40220†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024103†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26105†). See VDB-4141, VDB-53699, VDB-53695 and VDB-53694 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: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 47023
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.6.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Researcher: Kevin Finisterre (pagvac)
Organization: MIT Kerberos Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-1380 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1380
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53693
SecurityFocus: 40871 - RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.6.4 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 40220 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1024103
Vulnerability Center: 26105 - Apple MacOS X Prior to 10.6.4 cgtexttops CUPS Remote Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-1481

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

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 04/13/2025 17:48
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (55), 02/28/2017 07:44 (18), 09/18/2021 08:36 (3), 04/13/2025 17:48 (20)
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