Mac OS X mega-patch
October 10th, 2008
Apple has shipped a titanic patch for Mac OS X that plugs up 40 vulnerabilities.
Security Update 2008-007 for Tiger and Leopard is a whopper:
- Apache: CVE-2007-6420, CVE-2008-1678, CVE-2008-2364) Apache is updated to version 2.2.9 to address several vulnerabilities, the most serious of which may lead to cross site request forgery. Note: Apache version 2 is bundled with Mac OS X Server v10.4.x systems, but is not active by default.
- ClamAV: (CVE-2008-1389, CVE-2008-3912, CVE-2008-3913, CVE-2008-3914) Multiple vulnerabilities exist in ClamAV 0.93.3, the most serious of which may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- ColorSync CVE-2008-3642) A buffer overflow exists in the handling of images with an embedded ICC profile. Opening a maliciously crafted image with an embedded ICC profile may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
- CUPS (CVE-2008-3641) A range checking issue exists in the Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (HPGL) filter, which may cause arbitrary memory to be overwritten with controlled data. If Printer Sharing is enabled, a remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the ‘lp’ user. If Printer Sharing is not enabled, a local user may be able to obtain elevated privileges.
- libxslt (CVE-2008-1767) A heap buffer overflow issue exists in the libxslt library. Viewing a maliciously crafted HTML page may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
- MySQL Server (CVE-2007-2691, CVE-2007-5969, CVE-2008-0226, CVE-2008-0227, CVE-2008-2079) MySQL is updated to version 5.0.67 to address several vulnerabilities, the most serious of which may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- PHP (CVE-2007-4850, CVE-2008-0674, CVE-2008-2371) PHP is updated to version 4.4.9 to address multiple vulnerabilities, the most serious of which may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- PSNormalizer (CVE-2008-3647) A buffer overflow exists in PSNormalizer’s handling of the bounding box comment in PostScript files. Viewing a maliciously crafted PostScript file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
- QuickLook (CVE-2008-4211) A signedness issue exists in QuickLook’s handling of columns in Microsoft Excel files may result in an out-of-bounds memory access. Downloading or viewing a maliciously crafted Microsoft Excel file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
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