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Mac OS X iChat Link Handling Arbitrary Command Execution (Security Update 2004-09-16)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14768

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes a security issue.

Description

The remote host is missing Security Update 2004-09-16.

This security update is for iChat. There is a bug in older versions of iChat where an attacker may execute commands on the local system by sending malformed links which will execute local commands to an iChat user on the remote host.

Solution

Install Security Update 2004-09-16.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?210abeb5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14768

File Name: macosx_SecUpd20040916.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 9/17/2004

Updated: 5/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2, cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0873

BID: 11207