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Mac OS X : iWork 9.x < 9.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 55693
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Synopsis
The remote host contains an office suite that is affected by several vulnerabilities.Description
The version of iWork 9.x installed on the remote Mac OS X host is earlier than 9.1. As such, it is potentially affected by several vulnerabilities :- A buffer overflow in iWork's handling of Excel files in Numbers may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2010-3785)
- A memory corruption issue in iWork's handling of Excel files in Numbers may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2010-3786)
- A memory corruption issue in iWork's handling of Microsoft Word files in Pages may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution.
(CVE-2011-1417)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Apply the iWork 9.1 Update and verify the installed version of Numbers is 2.1 or later.See Also
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4830
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 55693
File Name: macosx_iwork_9_1.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: macosx
Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks
Published: 7/26/2011
Updated: 11/27/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3785
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x, cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, Host/MacOSX/packages, Host/MacOSX/packages/boms
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2010