Apple Mac OS X Server servermgrd authentication vulnerable to buffer overflow

Overview

Apple Mac OS X Server servermgrd contains an unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability in the authentication handling routines. This vulnerability may lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.

Description

Mac OS X Server contains the servermgrd application for back-end management purposes. The authentication routines used in servermgrd contain an unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Apply an update

Please see Apple Security Update 2005-007 for details on workarounds, fixes, and updates.

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Vendor Information

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Updated: August 17, 2005

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Please see Apple Security Update 2005-007 for details on workarounds, fixes, and updates.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23461412 Feedback>).

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References

• <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302163&gt;
• <http://secunia.com/advisories/16449/&gt;

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Apple Product Security for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Ken MacInnis.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2005-2518
Severity Metric:	14.11 Date Public: