Apple Mac OS X Adaptive Firewall Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	36963
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2009-2818
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 09 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 10 2009 04:47PM
Credit:	Apple
Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.1 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.7 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.6 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.3 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.2 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5
Not Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.2

Apple Mac OS X Adaptive Firewall Security Bypass Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass certain security restrictions and perform various attacks.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 36956 (Apple Mac OS X 2009-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been assigned its own record to better document it.

This issue affects the following:

Mac OS X Server v10.5.8 and prior
Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 and prior

Apple Mac OS X Adaptive Firewall Security Bypass Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Apple Mac OS X Adaptive Firewall Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for details.


Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6

• Apple MacOSXServerUpdCombo10.6.2.dmg
  For Mac OS X Server v10.6
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8

• Apple SecUpdSrvr2009-006.dmg
  For Mac OS X Server v10.5.8
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.1

• Apple MacOSXServerUpd10.6.2.dmg
  For Mac OS X Server v10.6.1
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Adaptive Firewall Security Bypass Vulnerability

References:

• Mac OS X Homepage (Apple)