FKIE_CVE-2006-4406

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-11-30 16:28 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:29
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in PPP on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.x up to 10.4.8 and 10.3.x up to 10.3.9, when PPPoE is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
cve@mitre.orghttp://labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200611-01.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23155Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017305
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/870960US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/30732
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.htmlUS Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30627
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200611-01.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23155Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1017305
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/870960US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/30732
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21335
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.htmlUS Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30627
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple mac_os_x 10.3
apple mac_os_x 10.3.1
apple mac_os_x 10.3.2
apple mac_os_x 10.3.3
apple mac_os_x 10.3.4
apple mac_os_x 10.3.5
apple mac_os_x 10.3.6
apple mac_os_x 10.3.7
apple mac_os_x 10.3.8
apple mac_os_x 10.4.1
apple mac_os_x 10.4.2
apple mac_os_x 10.4.3
apple mac_os_x 10.4.4
apple mac_os_x 10.4.5
apple mac_os_x 10.4.6
apple mac_os_x 10.4.7
apple mac_os_x 10.4.8
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