National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2310
Original release date:07/01/2008
Last revised:09/11/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Format string vulnerability in c++filt in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.4 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted string in (1) C++ or (2) Java source code.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
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:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (07/04/2008)
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Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of c++filt as shipped with binutils in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or 4. Although this bug is present in the version of c++filt as shipped with binutils in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, the format string protection from FORTIFY_SOURCE makes this unexploitable.
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: macos-c++filt-format-string(43494)
External Source: BID
Name: 30018
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1981
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020392
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30802
Type: Advisory
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-06-30