ID

VAR-200902-0454

CVE

CVE-2009-0017

TITLE

Apple Mac OS of Printing Vulnerability in arbitrary code execution in components

DESCRIPTION

csregprinter in the Printing component in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6 does not properly handle error conditions, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow. Local attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM-level privileges, which may facilitate a complete compromise of the affected computer. This issue affects Mac OS X v10.4.11 and v10.5.6 (client and server). Apple Mac OS X is prone to multiple security vulnerabilities that have been addressed in Security Update 2009-001. The security update addresses new vulnerabilities that affect the AFP server, movie playing, Resource Manager, Certificate Assistant, CoreText, 'dscl', Folder Manager, FSEvents, csregprinter, Remote Apple Event Viewer, Safari, Xterm, and SMB components of Mac OS X. The advisory also contains security updates for 32 previously reported issues. NOTE: The new issues have been covered in the following BIDs to better document them: 33806 Apple Mac OS X Pixlet Video Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 33820 Apple Mac OS X Insecure Downloads Folder Permissions Information Disclosure Vulnerability 33815 Apple Mac OS X 'dscl' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability 33816 Apple Mac OS X Remote Apple Events Uninitialized Buffer Information Disclosure Vulnerability 33814 Apple Mac OS X Remote Apple Events Out of Bounds Memory Access Security Vulnerability 33813 Apple Mac OS X Server Manager Authentication Bypass Security Vulnerability 33812 Apple Mac OS X AFP Server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability 33810 Apple Mac OS X Certificate Assistant Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability 33811 Apple Mac OS X 'csregprinter' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 33808 Apple Mac OS X Resource Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 33809 Apple Mac OS X CoreText Unicode String Handling Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 33800 Apple Mac OS X SMB Component Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 33798 Apple Mac OS X Xterm Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 33796 Apple Mac OS X SMB File System Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability 33234 Apple Safari 'feed:' URI Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities 33821 Apple Mac OS X 'FSEvents' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilit. 1) A race condition error in the AFP Server can be exploited to trigger the execution of an infinite loop by sending a specially crafted file enumeration request. 2) An error in the handling of movie files using the Pixlet codec can be exploited to trigger a memory corruption. 3) An error in the Resource Manager related to CarbonCore can be exploited to trigger a memory corruption via a file containing a specially crafted resource fork. Successful exploitation of vulnerabilities #2 and #3 may allow execution of arbitrary code. 4) Certificate Assistant handles temporary files in an insecure manner. This can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application. 5) Two errors in ClamAV can be exploited to cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code. For more information: SA32663 SA32926 6) An error in CoreText when processing specially crafted Unicode strings can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via e.g. a specially crafted web page. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code. 7) The dscl program accepts passwords passed via command line arguments. This can be exploited by local users to obtain the received passwords via the process list. 8) Multiple errors in fetchmail can be exploited by malicious people to cause a crash via overly large e-mail headers. For more information: SA30742 9) Folder Manager creates the "Downloads" folder with global read permissions after a user deletes it. This can be exploited by unprivileged local users to gain access to the "Downloads" folder. 10) An error in the fseventsd program can be exploited to disclose normally restricted filesystem activity via the FSEvents framework. 11) An error in perl when processing Unicode characters can be exploited to trigger a memory corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code. This is related to: SA27546 12) An error handling problem in csregprinter can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and potentially gain system privileges. 13) Multiple errors in python have an unknown impact or can be exploited to cause a crash or potentially compromise a vulnerable system. For more information: SA26837 SA31305 14) An uninitialized memory access error in the Remote Apple events server can be exploited to disclose potentially sensitive memory contents via specially crafted Remote Apple events. 15) An error in Server Manager while validating authentication credentials can be exploited to alter the system configuration. 16) An integer overflow in the SMB implementation can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into connecting to a malicious SMB server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code. 17) An error in the SMB implementation can be exploited to exhaust available memory resources and cause a system shutdown by tricking a user into connecting to a malicious SMB server. 18) An error in SquirrelMail can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code via a specially crafted email. For more information: SA32143 19) Multiple errors in the X11 server can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS, disclose potentially sensitive information, or gain escalated privileges. For more information: SA30627 20) Multiple errors in FreeType can be exploited to cause a DoS or compromise an application using the library. For more information: SA20100 SA24768 SA30600 21) Multiple errors in LibX11 can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information, cause a DoS, and gain escalated privileges. For more information: SA24741 22) Xterm creates TTY devices accessible to all users, when used with "luit". This can be exploited to e.g. write data to another user's Xterm. SOLUTION: Apply Apple Security Update 2009-001. http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: The vendor credits: 6) Rosyna of Unsanity 9) Graham Perrin of CENTRIM, University of Brighton 10) Mark Dalrymple 12) Lars Haulin ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 OTHER REFERENCES: SA20100: http://secunia.com/advisories/20100/ SA24741: http://secunia.com/advisories/24741/ SA24768: http://secunia.com/advisories/24768/ SA26837: http://secunia.com/advisories/26837/ SA27546: http://secunia.com/advisories/27546/ SA30600: http://secunia.com/advisories/30600/ SA30627: http://secunia.com/advisories/30627/ SA30742: http://secunia.com/advisories/30742/ SA31305: http://secunia.com/advisories/31305/ SA32143: http://secunia.com/advisories/32143/ SA32663: http://secunia.com/advisories/32663/ SA32926: http://secunia.com/advisories/32926/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. 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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

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THREAT TYPE

local

TYPE

buffer overflow

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REFERENCES

CREDITS

Graham PerrinClint RuohoBilly Rios

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LAST UPDATE DATE

2025-04-10T22:26:01.066000+00:00

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