CVE-2008-0055: Race Condition
First published: Tue Mar 18 2008(Updated: )
Foundation in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 creates world-writable directories while NSFileManager copies files recursively and only modifies the permissions afterward, which allows local users to modify copied files to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Mac OS X Server | =10.4.11 | |
| Apple Mac OS X | =10.4.11 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019649
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28343
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41299
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- agent/remedy
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- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/apple
- canonical/apple mac os x server
- version/apple mac os x server/10.4.11
- canonical/apple mac os x
- version/apple mac os x/10.4.11