20428 : Apple Mac OS X Software Update Security Patch Failure
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
2	363	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	2 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-10-28	2005-10-28

Keywords

APPLE-SA-2005-10-31

Description

Mac OS X contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to bypass security patches. The issue is triggered due to the way the Software Update application handles ignored updates, which may allow a malicious user to bypass important security patches by marking all applicable updates as ignored and leave the system in an insecure state resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 10.4.3 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	10.4.2
Apple Computer, Inc.	Mac OS X Server	10.4.2

References

Security Tracker: 1015124
Secunia Advisory ID: 17368
CVE ID: 2005-2750 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 20427 20429 20430 20431
Keyword: APPLE-SA-2005-10-31
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-10/0386.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302763
Vendor URL: http://www.apple.com/

Tools & Filters

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	3275

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-11-01 | Disagree?

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