Two vulnerabilities have been identified in Apple Mac OS X, which could be exploited by local attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
The first flaw is due to an integer overflow error in the "fatfile_getarch2()" function when processing a malformed Mach-O Universal binary, which could be exploited by malicious users to obtain elevated privileges via a specially crafted Mach-O Universal file [...]
Solution
Apply patches :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by LMH
ChangeLog
2006-11-27 : Initial release
2007-03-13 : Updated Solution
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