Apple Mac OS X Printing NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	44835
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2010-3784
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 10 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 12 2010 06:37PM
Credit:	Wujun Li of Microsoft.
Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.4 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.3 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.2 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.1 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 Apple Mac OS X 10.6
Not Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.5

Apple Mac OS X Printing NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X Printing is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability that affects the 'PMPageFormatCreateWithDataRepresentation' API due to a NULL-pointer dereference condition.

Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the application using the vulnerable API, denying service to legitimate users. Due to the nature of this issue, arbitrary code-execution may be possible; this has not been confirmed.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 44778 (Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.6.5 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been given its own record to better document it.

This issue affects Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 to 10.6.4, and Mac OS X Server 10.6 to 10.6.4.

Apple Mac OS X Printing NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service 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 Printing NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and updates to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Apple Mac OS X 10.6

• Apple MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.5.dmg
  For Mac OS X v10.6 - v10.6.3
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6

• Apple MacOSXServUpdCombo10.6.5.dmg
  For Mac OS X Server v10.6 - v10.6.3
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8

• Apple SecUpd2010-007.dmg
  For Mac OS X v10.5.8
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8

• Apple SecUpdSrvr2010-007.dmg
  For Mac OS X Server v10.5.8
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.1

• Apple MacOSXServUpdCombo10.6.5.dmg
  For Mac OS X Server v10.6 - v10.6.3
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.1

• Apple MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.5.dmg
  For Mac OS X v10.6 - v10.6.3
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.2

• Apple MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.5.dmg
  For Mac OS X v10.6 - v10.6.3
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.2

• Apple MacOSXServUpdCombo10.6.5.dmg
  For Mac OS X Server v10.6 - v10.6.3
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.3

• Apple MacOSXServUpdCombo10.6.5.dmg
  For Mac OS X Server v10.6 - v10.6.3
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.3

• Apple MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.5.dmg
  For Mac OS X v10.6 - v10.6.3
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.4

• Apple MacOSXServerUpd10.6.5.dmg
  For Mac OS X Server v10.6.4
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.4

• Apple MacOSXUpd10.6.5.dmg
  For Mac OS X v10.6.4
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Printing NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Mac OS X Homepage (Apple)
  
• APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1 Mac OS X v10.6.5 and Security Update 2010-007 (Apple)