CVE-2006-3497

N/A Unknown

Published: August 02, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the "compression state handling" in Bom for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Zip archive.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/21253

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/514740

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.osvdb.org/27735

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html