National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-0396

Overview

Buffer overflow in Mail in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.5, when patched with Security Update 2006-001, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Real Name value in an e-mail attachment sent in AppleDouble format, which triggers the overflow when the user double-clicks on an attachment.

Impact

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#980084

Name: VU#980084

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/980084

External Source: BID

Name: 17081

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17081

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-0949

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/0949

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1015762

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015762

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19129

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19129

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060314 DMA[2006-0313a] - 'Apple OSX Mail.app RFC1740 Real Name Buffer Overflow'

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427601/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2006-0313a%5D.txt

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2006-0313a%5D.txt

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2006-03-13

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00001.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303453

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303453

External Source: XF

Name: macosx-mail-attachment-bo(25209)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/25209

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 23872

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/23872