35142 : Apple Mac OS X mDNSResponder UPnP Internet Gateway Device (IGD) Packet Remote Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-05-25

Description

A buffer overflow exists in Mac OS X. The mDNSResponder fails to validate UPnP packets used by the Internet Gateway Daemon resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

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

Solution

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

Products

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

References

Security Tracker: 1018123
CVE ID: 2007-2386 (see also: NVD)
CERT VU: 221876
Bugtraq ID: 24144
Secunia Advisory ID: 25402 25745 47712
ISS X-Force ID: 34493
Related OSVDB ID: 35141 35143 35144 35145 35146 35147
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-1939
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305631
Mail List Post: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
News Article: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2138304,00.asp
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201201-05.xml

Tools & Filters

Snort	1388
	25297

Credit

Michael Lynn - abaddonio.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.4
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-05-29 | Disagree?

Blogs

This product uses the Daylife API but is not endorsed or certified by Daylife.

This section lists the latest news and blogs found via the daylife API (and for older items, the technorati API), which mention or otherwise discuss this vulnerability.

2007/06/20 13:07:03 | Apple issues Apple TV security fix

from: Laptop Blog

Apple issues Apple TV security fix Filed under:PC, laptop, gaming, Dell — posted by on @ 2:07 pm Apple today issued an update for its Apple TV device. The update fixes the mDNSResponder buffer overflow vulnerability, CVE-2007-2386. This vulnerability was patched last month in Security

2007/05/28 20:03:30 | I have the urge to say this one word: OUCH

from: seclog.de

Found in mDNSResponder (of remote root fame CVE-2007-2386). Codesnippetmarkup still sucks… lt if (iRet &lt; 0) { // something is wrong break; } else if (iRet == 0) { break; }

2007/06/20 19:07:01 | Apple issues Apple TV security fix

from: Extra Technology News

Apple today issued an update for its Apple TV device. The update fixes the mDNSResponder buffer overflow vulnerability, CVE-2007-2386. This vulnerability was patched last month in Security Update

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