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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:You aren't doing a thing for Apple's image by geoffspear · · 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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  2. Found another flaw by Anonymous Coward · · 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.

  3. Re:There's a buffer overflow even in the fix... by Bimble · · 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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