CVE-2008-0988

N/A Unknown

Published: March 18, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Off-by-one error in the Libsystem strnstr API in libc on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted arguments that trigger a buffer over-read.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://secunia.com/advisories/29420

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28374

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019661

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562