GSD-2008-3438

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:23
Details
Apple Mac OS X does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.
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CVE-2008-3438
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