CVE-2008-0988 - Off-by-one error in the Libsystem strnstr API in libc on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows context-depen

CVE-2008-0988

Summary

Off-by-one error in the Libsystem strnstr API in libc on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted arguments that trigger a buffer over-read.

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28374
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019661
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	4.3 (as of 08-03-2011 - 03:05)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-189

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

apple	APPLE-SA-2008-03-18
bid	28304 28374
cert	TA08-079A
confirm	http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
sectrack	1019661
secunia	29420
vupen	ADV-2008-0924

Last major update

08-03-2011 - 03:05

Published

18-03-2008 - 23:44

Last modified

08-03-2011 - 03:05