23872 : Apple Mac OS X Mail.app Attachment AppleDouble Header Processing Buffer Overflow
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Last Modified
about 1 year ago

Percent Complete
100%

Disclosure
Mar 10, 2006

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Mar 14, 2006

Solution
Unknown

Keywords

 Security Update 2006-002

Description

 A remote overflow exists in Mac OS X Mail.app. The Mail.app facility fails to handle overly long Real Name entries resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted attachment in the AppleDouble format, an attacker can cause the execution of arbitrary code on a user's system resulting in a loss of integrity and/or availability.

Classification

 Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Technical

 This issue is present in Apple Mail.app when 'Security Update 2006-001' is applied.

Solution

 Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, vendor has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products
Apple Computer, Inc.
Watch-list
Mac OS X
Watch-list
 10.4
10.4.1
10.4.2
10.4.3
10.4.4
10.4.5
Mac OS X Server
Watch-list
 10.4.2
10.4
10.4.1
10.4.3
10.4.4
10.4.5

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