40687 : Apple Mac OS X WebKit Safari Indirect Proxy TCP Traffic Manipulation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2007-11-15	2007-11-15

Description

Mac OS X contains an unspecified flaw that may allow a malicious remote user to send data to arbitrary TCP ports. It is possible that the flaw may allow remote manipulation of local network traffic resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 10.4.11 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Apple Computer, Inc.	Mac OS X	10.4.3
		10.4.4
		10.4.1
		10.4.6
		10.4.8
		10.4.2
		10.4.10
		10.4.5
		10.4.7
		10.4.9
		10.4

References

CVE ID: 2007-4700 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 27643
Related OSVDB ID: 40661 40662 40663 40664 40665 40666 40667 40668 40669 40670 40671 40672 40673 40674 40675 40676 40677 40678 40679 40680 40681 40682 40683 40684 40685 40686 40688 40689 40690 40691 40693
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041

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Credit

Kostas G. Anagnostakis - Institute for Infocomm Research
Spiros Antonatos - FORTH-ICS

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-11-15 | Disagree?

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