| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2008-0988 (CCN-41291) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2008-03-18 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2008-03-18 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2011-03-08 | ||||||||
| Summary: | 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. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) 3.2 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
3.2 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-189 | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Denial of Service | ||||||||
| References: | Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2008-0988 Source: CCN Type: Apple Web site About Security Update 2008-002 Source: CONFIRM Type: UNKNOWN http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 Source: APPLE Type: Patch APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 Source: CCN Type: SA29420 Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities Source: SECUNIA Type: UNKNOWN 29420 Source: CCN Type: SECTRACK ID: 1019661 libc Mac OS X Libsystem strnstr() Off-by-one Lets Users Deny Service Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 43390 Apple Mac OS X libc Libsystem strnstr API Crafted Argument Off-by-one Source: BID Type: UNKNOWN 28304 Source: CCN Type: BID-28304 RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-002 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Source: BID Type: UNKNOWN 28374 Source: CCN Type: BID-28374 Apple Mac OS X libc 'strnstr(3)' Off-By-One Denial of Service Vulnerability Source: SECTRACK Type: UNKNOWN 1019661 Source: CERT Type: US Government Resource TA08-079A Source: VUPEN Type: UNKNOWN ADV-2008-0924 Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN macos-libsystem-strnstr-dos(41291) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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