National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6061

Overview

com.apple.AppleDiskImageController in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed DMG image that triggers memory corruption. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by a third party, who states that the impact is limited to a denial of service (kernel panic) due to a vm_fault call with a non-aligned address.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#367424

Name: VU#367424

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/367424

US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-072A

Name: TA07-072A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html

External Source: XF

Name: macosx-dmg-code-execution(30440)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30440

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017751

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751

External Source: BID

Name: 21201

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21201

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 30509

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/30509

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.matasano.com/log/633/alastair-houghton-debunks-lmh-mokb-finding/

Hyperlink:http://www.matasano.com/log/633/alastair-houghton-debunks-lmh-mokb-finding/

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-0930

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/0930

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4629

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4629

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017260

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017260

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24479

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24479

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23012

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23012

External Source: MISC

Name: http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-20-11-2006.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-20-11-2006.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://kernelfun.blogspot.com/2006/11/more-mokb-20-11-2006-related-news.html

Hyperlink:http://kernelfun.blogspot.com/2006/11/more-mokb-20-11-2006-related-news.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214

External Source: MISC

Name: http://alastairs-place.net/2006/11/dmg-vulnerability/

Hyperlink:http://alastairs-place.net/2006/11/dmg-vulnerability/

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-03-13

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html