Overview
Apple Mac OS X contains a vulnerability in the way DiskArbitration initializes writable removable media.
Description
The DiskArbitration Server in Apple Mac OS X tracks new disks and provides notifications announcing their availability. There is a non-specific vulnerability identified as CAN-2004-0167 in Apple Security Advisory Update 2004-02-23. This vulnerability is related to initialization of writable removable media (i.e., potentially CD-RW and DVD+RW disks). |
Impact
The complete impact of this vulnerability is not yet known. |
Solution
Apply Patch Apple has released a patch to address this vulnerability. For further details, please see the Apple Security Advisory (Security Update 2004-02-23). |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
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References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported by Apple.
This document was written by Damon Morda.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2004-0167 |
| Date Public: | 2004-02-24 |
| Date First Published: | 2004-02-25 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2004-03-19 16:55 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 13 |