CVE-2008-0988

Impact

Off-by-one error in the Libsystem strnstr API in libc on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted arguments that trigger a buffer over-read.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28374
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019661
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28374
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019661
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references