CVE-2008-4220 Information

Description

Integer overflow in the inet_net_pton API in Libsystem in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this may be related to the WLB-2008080064 advisory published by SecurityReason on 20080822; however as of 20081216 there are insufficient details to be sure.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/33179 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32877 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021406 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444