CVE-2009-2191 Information

Description

Format string vulnerability in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.8 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in an application name.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html http://osvdb.org/56840 http://secunia.com/advisories/36096 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52428