P-156: Apple Security Update 2005-003 Privacy and Legal Notice

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P-156: Apple Security Update 2005-003

[Apple Security Update 2005-003]

 March 22, 2005 23:00 GMT
PROBLEM: Apple released a security update that provides fixes for several security issues. One involves a library that is linked to by a large number of system binaries.
PLATFORM: Mac OS X 10.3.8
Mac OS X Server 10.3.8
DAMAGE: Various security issues were addressed. These issues have several impacts, including denial of service, buffer overflows, local privilege escalation, and possible remote code execution.
SOLUTION: Apply the available security updates.
VULNERABILITY
ASSESSMENT:		 The risk is MEDIUM. The severity of the possible vulnerabilities depends on which applications are being used on the system. For example, the system binaries problem allows a local user to gain root privileges.
LINKS:  
  CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-156.shtml
  ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301061
  CVE/CAN: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=
CAN-2005-0340, CAN-2005-0715, CAN-2005-0713, CAN-2005-0716, CAN-2004-1011, CAN-2004-1012, CAN-2004-1013, CAN-2004-1015, CAN-2004-1067, CAN-2002-1347, CAN-2004-0884, CAN-2005-0712, CAN-2005-0202, CAN-2005-0234 
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Visit Apple's Website directly for their published information:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301061 


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