O-212: Apple Security Update

O-212: Apple Security Update Privacy and Legal Notice INFORMATION BULLETIN O-212: Apple Security Update [Security Update of 9/7/04] September 8, 2004 17:00 GMT
[REVISED 14 Sep 2004]
[REVISED 18 Oct 2004]
[REVISED 06 Dec 2004]
[REVISED 18 May 2005]
[REVISED 02 Jun 2005]
[REVISED 06 Jun 2005]
[REVISED 08 Jun 2005]
[REVISED 13 Jun 2005]
[REVISED 23 Jun 2005]


PROBLEM:	Apple released a security update that provides fixes for several security issues.
PLATFORM:	Mac OS X v10.2.x and v10.3.x Mac OS X Servers v10.2.x and v10.3.x Red Hat Desktop (v. 3, 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1, v. 3, v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1, v. 3, v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1, v. 3, v. 4) SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 5 for SGI Altix family of systems
DAMAGE:	Various security issues were addressed. These issues have several impacts, including denial of service, local privilege escalation, buffer overflows allowing a remote attacker to execute code.
SOLUTION:	Apply the available security update.

VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT:	The risk is MEDIUM. Multiple security updates from multiple vendors. The most severe may lead to a local escalation of privileges.

LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN:	http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-212.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN:	Apple Security Update 2004-12-02 (Also on CIAC P-049) http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
ADDITIONAL LINKS:	Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:106-04
	https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-106.html
	Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:074-10
	https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-074.html
	Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:481-03
	https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-481.html Red Hat Security Advisiory RHSA-2005:165-03 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-165.html SGI Security Advisory Number 20050503-01-U ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050503-01-U.asc
	Red Hat RHSA-2005:495-02 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-495.html
	SGI Security Advisory Number 20050602-01-U ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050602-01-U.asc
CVE/CAN:	CAN-2002-1363, CAN-2004-0175, CAN-2004-0183, CAN-2004-0184, CAN-2004-0361, CAN-2004-0421, CAN-2004-0426, CAN-2004-0488, CAN-2004-0493, CAN-2004-0521, CAN-2004-0523, CAN-2004-0597, CAN-2004-0598, CAN-2004-0599, CAN-2004-0607, CAN-2004-0720, CAN-2004-0743, CAN-2004-0744, CAN-2004-0794, CAN-2004-0821, CAN-2004-0822, CAN-2004-0823, CAN-2004-0824, CAN-2004-0825

REVISION HISTORY:
09/14/2004 - note the updated Apple Security Update of 09-07-2004 revision 1.1.  
             This revision pertains to an ftp security update for the lukemftpd package.
12/06/2004 - Added other Apple products to Platforms section. This information 
             is also on our CIAC Bulletin P-049.
05/18/2005 - Added links to Red Hat Security Advisories RHSA-2005:106-04 and 
             RHSA-2005:074-10.
06/02/2005 - Added link to Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:481-03 that 
             provides updated openssl packages addressing the directory
             traversal vulnerability described in CAN-2004-0175.
06/06/2005 - CIAC has revised O-212 to add a link to SIG Advisory 20050503-01-U.
06/08/2005 - CIAC has revised O-212 adding a link to Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:165-03 
             to include Platform (v. 4). 
06/13/2005 - Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:495-02 to include Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, WS (v. 2.1) 
             and Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor.
06/23/2005 - added link to SGI Advanced Linux Environment security update #39,
             Number: 20050602-01-U that provides patches for SGI ProPack 3 Service 
             Pack 5 for SGI Altix family of systems.

Visit Apple's Website directly for their published information:
 
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798

CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Apple for the information contained in this bulletin.

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