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CVE-2007-0463 (GCVE-0-2007-0463)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-01-29 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 12:19
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in Apple Software Update 2.0.5 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in (1) SWUTMP or (2) SUCATALOG filenames, or using the (3) application/x-apple.sucatalog+xml MIME type.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.osvdb.org/32703 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-24-01-2007.html x_refsource_MISC
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0337 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017755 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22222 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2007-01-24 00:00
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