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Apple Mac OS X KHTMLParser Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Title : Apple Mac OS X KHTMLParser Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-3058
CVE ID : CVE-2005-4504
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-12-22

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Apple Mac OS X, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands [...]

Solution

Security Update 2006-001 for Mac OS X 10.4.5 (PPC) :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2006001macosx1045ppc.html
Security Update 2006-001 for Mac OS X 10.4.5 Client (Intel) :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2006001macosx1045clientintel.html
Security Update 2006-001 for Mac OS X 10.3.9 Client :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20060011039client.html
Security Update 2006-001 for Mac OS X 10.3.9 Server :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20060011039server.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Tom Ferris

ChangeLog

2005-12-22 : Initial release
2006-03-01 : Updated Solution

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