Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-0734 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Apple mac OS X

047910
CVSS 5.4 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL

Summary

fsck, as used by the AirPort Disk feature of the AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n before Firmware Update 7.1, and by Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.4.9, does not properly enforce password protection of a USB hard drive, which allows context-dependent attackers to list arbitrary directories or execute arbitrary code, resulting from memory corruption.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOSX_SECUPD2007-004.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.4 that does not have Security Update 2007-004 applied. This update fixes security flaws in the following applications : AFP Client AirPort CarbonCore diskdev_cmds fetchmail ftpd gnutar Help Viewer HID Family Installer Kerberos Libinfo Login Window network_cmds SMB System Configuration URLMount Video Conference WebDAV
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id25081
published2007-04-21
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25081
titleMac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-004)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

if ( ! defined_func("bn_random") ) exit(0);

if (NASL_LEVEL < 3000) exit(0);


include("compat.inc");

if(description)
{
 script_id(25081);
 script_version ("1.22");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/14  1:59:35");
 
 script_cve_id("CVE-2006-0300", "CVE-2006-5867", "CVE-2006-6143", "CVE-2006-6652", "CVE-2007-0022",
               "CVE-2007-0465", "CVE-2007-0646", "CVE-2007-0724", "CVE-2007-0725", "CVE-2007-0729",
               "CVE-2007-0732", "CVE-2007-0734", "CVE-2007-0735", "CVE-2007-0736", "CVE-2007-0737",
               "CVE-2007-0738", "CVE-2007-0739", "CVE-2007-0741", "CVE-2007-0742", "CVE-2007-0743",
               "CVE-2007-0744", "CVE-2007-0746", "CVE-2007-0747", "CVE-2007-0957", "CVE-2007-1216");
 script_bugtraq_id(23569);

 script_name(english:"Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-004)");
 
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes a security
issue." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.4 that does not have
Security Update 2007-004 applied.

This update fixes security flaws in the following applications :

AFP Client
AirPort
CarbonCore
diskdev_cmds
fetchmail
ftpd
gnutar
Help Viewer
HID Family
Installer
Kerberos
Libinfo
Login Window
network_cmds
SMB
System Configuration
URLMount
Video Conference
WebDAV" );
 # http://web.archive.org/web/20071213053008/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?cf3b0926" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Install Security Update 2007-004 :

# http://web.archive.org/web/20070423190224/http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2007004universal.html
http://www.nessus.org/u?f44d0fd9" );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
 script_cwe_id(119, 134, 264);

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2007/04/21");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2007/04/09");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value: "2007/04/19");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x");
 script_end_attributes();

 script_summary(english:"Check for the presence of Security Update 2007-004");
 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
 script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
 script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
 script_require_keys("Host/MacOSX/packages");
 exit(0);
}

#

packages = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/packages");
if ( ! packages ) exit(0);



uname = get_kb_item("Host/uname");
if ( egrep(pattern:"Darwin.* (7\.[0-9]\.|8\.[0-9]\.)", string:uname) )
{
  if (!egrep(pattern:"^SecUpd(Srvr)?(2007-00[4-9]|200[89]-|20[1-9][0-9]-)", string:packages))
    security_hole(0);
}