CVE-2008-0046 (GCVE-0-2008-0046)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-18 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:32
VLAI
Summary
The Application Firewall in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 has an incorrect German translation for the "Set access for specific services and applications" radio button that might cause the user to believe that the button is used to restrict access only to specific services and applications, which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019658 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28368 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-03-18 00:00
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