Mac OS X Buffer Overflow Found

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Mac OS X Buffer Overflow Found

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday December 15, 2003 @06:17PM 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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Probably flamebait but I can't resist by captainkibble · 2003-12-15 21:00 · Score: 3, Funny

Reaction to bug/vunerablity/error reports: Windows User: Ahhh crap another bug/vunerablity/error how long shall I have to wait till that gets patched Linux User: Ahhh crap another bug/vunerablity/error better get the patch Mac OS User: What bug/vunerablity/error? There have never been any bugs/vunerablities/errors in Mac OS. Mac OS bugs/vunerablities/errors are just Windows propoganda. The bugs/vunerablities/errors are throwing themselves against the city walls. We are killing them!

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Re:When OSX becomes popular... by dema · 2003-12-16 02:11 · Score: 3, Funny

Unfortunately, when OSX becomes popular enough

Lucky for us Mac users, that will never happen :D
Re:Looks low risk to me... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-16 02:15 · Score: 2, Funny

We're talking about OS X here, not Windows. There are no script kiddies.
Re:In All My Years... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-16 03:16 · Score: 1, Funny

Yeah, watch out for that remote exploit that walks into your office and puts a CD-ROM in the drive!
Re:Looks low risk to me... by guuyuk · 2003-12-16 03:48 · Score: 2, Funny

Besides, most people would look for an eject button on the CD drive. The last Mac that I saw that had that was a Beige G3.

(For the humor impaired, it's supposed to be a joke)

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Re:When OSX becomes popular... by McAddress · 2003-12-16 05:19 · Score: 3, Funny

it can't become popular b/c it is built on BSD, and BSD is dying. Or b/c Apple is dying. 2 for the price of one.
Re:You aren't doing a thing for Apple's image by geoffspear · 2003-12-16 06:33 · Score: 5, Funny

I wish editors would reject stories that are just blatently biased
Well, that would pretty much leave Slashdot with the Science and Ask Slashdot categories, and nothing else. Show me a fair and balanced story about SCO or RIAA.

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Found another flaw by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-16 07:45 · Score: 4, Funny

I found ANOTHER security flaw in OS X. It turns out that if I leave my password laying around, someone might actually pick it up and log on under my user name when I'm not around! The security folks at Apple are not doing their job.
Re:When OSX becomes popular... by Durindana · 2003-12-16 08:24 · Score: 2, Funny

... then people who have never used it will understand the importance of requiring admin password entry before installing anything.

That's why you don't, and won't, see malware on OS X - when the machine demands a password for some shite you think is dodgy, people stop and squint; they don't just click the big button that says 'Yes! Show me boobies!'
Re:There's a buffer overflow even in the fix... by Bimble · 2003-12-16 09:50 · Score: 4, Funny

This is the first time I've seen Slashdot put to a practical use. Doesn't that violate the terms of service?

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