PT-2009-4194
CVE-2009-1717
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Published
2009-06-05
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Updated
2018-10-10
Description by
CVSS 2.0
6.8
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:
Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.7
Description:
The issue is related to an integer overflow in Terminal, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption and application crash. This is achieved by sending a crafted size value in a CSI[4 xterm resize escape sequence, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Recommendations:
For Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.7, update to version 10.5.7 or later to resolve the issue.
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