Apple Mac OS X CVE-2014-4438 Race Condition Security Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	70622
Class:	Race Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-4438
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Oct 16 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 21 2014 06:02PM
Credit:	Harry Sintonen of nSense, Alessandro Lobina of Helvetia Insurances, Patryk Szlagowski of Funky Monkey Labs
Vulnerable:	Cosmicperl Directory Pro 10.0.3 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 10.5.7 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.9 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.8 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.7 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.1.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.1.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.1.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.1.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.0.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.0.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.0.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.0 3 Apple Mac OS X 10.0 Apple Mac Os X 10.7.4 Apple Mac Os X 10.7.3 Apple Mac Os X 10.7.2 Apple Mac Os X 10.7.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.5
Not Vulnerable:

Apple Mac OS X CVE-2014-4438 Race Condition Security Vulnerability

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

A local attacker can leverage this issue to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.

Apple Mac OS X CVE-2014-4438 Race Condition Security 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 CVE-2014-4438 Race Condition Security Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Apple Mac OS X CVE-2014-4438 Race Condition Security Vulnerability

References:

• Mac OS X Homepage (Apple)