National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1576

Overview

Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5, when an IPv6 SMTP server is used, does not properly initialize memory, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash), or obtain sensitive information (memory contents) in opportunistic circumstances, by sending an e-mail message.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-150A

Name: TA08-150A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020140

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020140

External Source: XF

Name: macosx-mail-code-execution(42723)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42723

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1697

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697

External Source: BID

Name: 29500

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29500

External Source: BID

Name: 29412

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30430

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30430

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-05-28

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html