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thegelding
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2004-10-04, 16:23

coming every couple of weeks now

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2004-10-04, 17:00

More info on the update is here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798

Security Update 2004-09-30 (released 2004-10-04)

AFP Server
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.5 and Mac OS X Server v10.3.5
CVE-ID: CAN-2004-0921
Impact: A denial of service permitting a guest to disconnect AFP volumes
Description: An AFP volume mounted by a guest could be used to terminate authenticated user mounts from the same server by modifying SessionDestroy packets. This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.3 or Mac OS X Server v10.3.

AFP Server
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.5 and Mac OS X Server v10.3.5
CVE-ID: CAN-2004-0922
Impact: Write-only AFP Drop Box may be set as read-write
Description: A write-only Drop Box on an AFP volume mounted by a guest could sometimes be read-write due to an incorrect setting of the guest group id. This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.3 or Mac OS X Server v10.3.

CUPS
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.5, Mac OS X Server v10.3.5, Mac OS X v10.2.8, Mac OS X Server v10.2.8
CVE-ID: CAN-2004-0558
Impact: A denial of service causing the printing system to hang
Description: The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) implementation in CUPS can hang when a certain UDP packet is sent to the IPP port.

CUPS
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.5, Mac OS X Server v10.3.5, Mac OS X v10.2.8, Mac OS X Server v10.2.8
CVE-ID: CAN-2004-0923
Impact: Local disclosure of user passwords
Description: Certain methods of authenticated remote printing could disclose user passwords in the printing system log files. Credit to Gary Smith of the IT Services department at Glasgow Caledonian University for reporting this issue.

NetInfoManager
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.5 and Mac OS X Server v10.3.5
CVE-ID: CAN-2004-0924
Impact: Incorrect indication of account status
Description: The NetInfo Manager utility can enable the "root" account, but after a single "root" login it is no longer possible to use NetInfo Manager to disable the account and it incorrectly appears to be disabled. This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.3 or Mac OS X Server v10.3.

postfix
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.5 and Mac OS X Server v10.3.5
CVE-ID: CAN-2004-0925
Impact: A denial of service when SMTPD AUTH has been enabled
Description: When SMTPD AUTH has been enabled in postfix, a buffer containing the username is not correctly cleared between authentication attempts. Only users with the longest usernames will be able to authenticate. This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.3 or Mac OS X Server v10.3. Credit to Michael Rondinelli of EyeSee360 for reporting this issue.

QuickTime
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.5, Mac OS X Server v10.3.5, Mac OS X v10.2.8, Mac OS X Server v10.2.8
CVE-ID: CAN-2004-0926
Impact: A heap buffer overflow could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code
Description: Flaws in decoding the BMP image type could overwrite heap memory and potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code hidden in an image.

ServerAdmin
Available for: Mac OS X Server v10.3.5 and Mac OS X Server v10.2.8
CVE-ID: CAN-2004-0927
Impact: Client - Server communication with ServerAdmin can be read by decoding captured sessions
Description: Client - Server communication with ServerAdmin uses SSL. All systems come installed with the same example self signed certificate. If that certificate has not been replaced, then ServerAdmin communication may be decrypted. The fix replaces the existing self-signed certificate with one that has been locally and uniquely generated.
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alcimedes
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2004-10-04, 18:02

i'd rather get patched every few weeks before it's a problem, rather than Apple sitting on the problem for months then only releasing a patch after it's a publicly known exploit.

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2004-10-04, 18:50

Quote:
Originally Posted by alcimedes
i'd rather get patched every few weeks before it's a problem, rather than Apple sitting on the problem for months then only releasing a patch after it's a publicly known exploit.
I wouldn't be surprised if some of these details are the first publicity of their respective exploits.
Unpatched systems might actually be slightly more vulnerable now that people are clued about vulnerabilities relatively unknown before. But I suppose that's the double edged side of posting security updates with info about what they fix.
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2004-10-04, 19:17

Downloaded, installed, everything works...as far as I can tell
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2004-10-04, 20:11

Same with me.
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curiousuburb
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2004-10-04, 20:15

Safari seem a bit snappier™?
Maybe I just haven't seen any Nebagkid smilies to choke it, but background tab page load seems quicker.

To be fair, I did three SecUpdates and Java142... not sure which helped.
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2004-10-04, 20:19

I didn't notice anything. May have been, I just wasn't paying attention
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2004-10-05, 08:49

I didn't even know my machine "was vulnerable" ( ), so thanks for the heads up g - downloaded and all seems fine.
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