CVE-2008-4221 Information

Description

The strptime API in Libsystem in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string related to improper memory allocation.

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/32881 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021406 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444