CVE-2008-4218

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Multiple integer overflows in the kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 on Intel platforms allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted call to (1) i386_set_ldt or (2) i386_get_ldt.

Multiple integer overflows in the kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 on Intel platforms allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted call to (1) i386_set_ldt or (2) i386_get_ldt.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 16 years ago

2008-12-17 01:30:00

Last updated 13 years ago

2011-03-08 03:12:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X 10.5

10.5

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1

10.5.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2

10.5.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.3

10.5.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4

10.5.4

Apple Mac OS X

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5

10.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1

10.5.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.2

10.5.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.3

10.5.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4

10.5.4

Apple Mac OS X Server

References

APPLE-SA-2008-12-15

Vendor Advisory

33179

Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338

Vendor Advisory

32839

32879

1021403

TA08-350A

US Government Resource

ADV-2008-3444

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