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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2320

Original release date:08/04/2008
Last revised:08/04/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Stack-based buffer overflow in CarbonCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.4, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long filename to the file management API.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1621
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1522
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
External Source: BID
Name: 30487
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30487
External Source: BID
Name: 30483
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30483
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-07-31
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
External Source: XF
Name: macosx-carboncore-bo(44126)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44126
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2268
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020602
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020602
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080801 n.runs-SA-2008.005 - Apple Inc. - CoreServices Frameworkâ??s CarbonCore Framework - Arbitrary Code Execution (remote)
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/495040/100/0/threaded
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35379
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31326
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31326

Vulnerable software and versions

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* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2320