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Mac OS X Buffer Overflow Found

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-so-it-begins dept.

MacDork writes "Well, if default settings in Mac OS X made Lance Ulanoff excited, this is really going to make him do the monkey boy dance... SecurityFocus's Bugtraq mailing list just posted a buffer overflow, in the utility for mounting and probing ISO 9660 file systems. No exploits were mentioned. No word on whether 'Max' alerted Apple or anyone outside of the Bugtraq mailing list though." Also, 'Max' made entirely unfounded, sweeping statements about the general quality of Mac OS X from this one little item, but oh well. When you're on top, you make a tempting target.

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  1. Re:apple sucks ass and this proves it tsarkon FUCK by MuckSavage · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Score: -1 (Fucking Stupid)

  2. Problems... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Firstly, a bug in Mac OS X is nothing to be surprised about, and nothing to write home about (or to ./ about).

    When you're on top, you make a tempting target.


    Secondly, Apple has never been on top (and never will be) unless you count Steve's preference in his daily homesexual encounters.
  3. Re:Harsh, but not incorrect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Darwin user s/developers. Does this problem affect the open source Darwin? Just how many SUID binaries do you find on Darwin?


    Plural?
  4. front page? by redJag · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why didn't this make the front page? It would have if it were a MS exploit. This is most likely a viable exploit, although you need a user account or physical access to the computer.