__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Mac OS X v10.5 / Security Update 2008-001 [307430] February 13, 2008 13:00 GMT Number S-181 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Several security vulnerabilities have been found in various products used with Mac Operating Systems. PLATFORM: Mac OS X v10.4.11 Mac OS X Server v10.4.11 DAMAGE: The execution of arbitrary code with system privileges. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. May allow execution of arbitrary code with ASSESSMENT: system privileges. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-181.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2007-0355 CVE-2007-4568 CVE-2007-6015 CVE-2008-0035 CVE-2008-0037 CVE-2008-0038 CVE-2008-0039 CVE-2008-0040 CVE-2008-0041 CVE-2008-0042 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start 307430 *****] Please visit Apple's Web site to view their Security Update 2008-001: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307430 [***** End 307430 *****] _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Apple for the information contained in this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. CIAC is also a founding member of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, a global organization established to foster cooperation and coordination among computer security teams worldwide. CIAC services are available to DOE, DOE contractors, and the NIH. CIAC can be contacted at: Voice: +1 925-422-8193 (7x24) FAX: +1 925-423-8002 STU-III: +1 925-423-2604 E-mail: ciac@ciac.org Previous CIAC notices, anti-virus software, and other information are available from the CIAC Computer Security Archive. World Wide Web: http://www.ciac.org/ Anonymous FTP: ftp.ciac.org PLEASE NOTE: Many users outside of the DOE, ESnet, and NIH computing communities receive CIAC bulletins. If you are not part of these communities, please contact your agency's response team to report incidents. Your agency's team will coordinate with CIAC. The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is a world-wide organization. A list of FIRST member organizations and their constituencies can be obtained via WWW at http://www.first.org/. This document was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor the University of California nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation or favoring by the United States Government or the University of California. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or the University of California, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes. LAST 10 CIAC BULLETINS ISSUED (Previous bulletins available from CIAC) S-171: Kernel Security Update S-172: Vulnerability in WebDAV Mini-Redirector S-173: Vulnerability in Internet Information Services S-174: Vulnerability in OLE Automation S-175: Vulnerability in Microsoft Word S-176: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer S-177: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Works File Converter S-178: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Publisher S-179: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office S-180: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerabilities