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Posted on 15 November 2007
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APPLE-SA-2007-11-15 Mac OS X v10.5.1 Update
Mac OS X v10.5.1 Update is now available and addresses the following
issues:
Application Firewall
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-4702
Available for: Mac OS X v10.5, Mac OS X Server v10.5
Impact: The "Block all incoming connections" setting for the
firewall is misleading
Description: The "Block all incoming connections" setting for the
Application Firewall allows any process running as user "root" (UID
0) to receive incoming connections, and also allows mDNSResponder to
receive connections. This could result in the unexpected exposure of
network services. This update addresses the issue by more accurately
describing the option as "Allow only essential services", and by
limiting the processes permitted to receive incoming connections
under this setting to a small fixed set of system services: configd
(for DHCP and other network configuration protocols), mDNSResponder
(for Bonjour), and racoon (for IPSec). The "Help" content for the
Application Firewall is also updated to provide further information.
This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.5.
Application Firewall
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-4703
Available for: Mac OS X v10.5, Mac OS X Server v10.5
Impact: Processes running as user "root" (UID 0) cannot be blocked
when the firewall is set to "Set access for specific services and
applications"
Description: The "Set access for specific services and applications"
setting for the Application Firewall allows any process running as
user "root" (UID 0) to receive incoming connections, even if its
executable is specifically added to the list of programs and its
entry in the list is marked as "Block incoming connections". This
could result in the unexpected exposure of network services. This
update corrects the issue so that any executable so marked is
blocked. This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.5.
Application Firewall
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-4704
Available for: Mac OS X v10.5, Mac OS X Server v10.5
Impact: Changes to Application Firewall settings do not affect
processes started by launchd until they are restarted
Description: When the Application Firewall settings are changed, a
running process started by launchd will not be affected until it is
restarted. A user might expect changes to take effect immediately and
so leave their system exposed to network access. This update corrects
the issue so that changes take effect immediately. This issue does
not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.5.
Mac OS X v10.5.1 may be obtained from the Software Update pane in
System Preferences, or Apple's Software Downloads web site:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/
For Mac OS X v10.5
The download file is named: "MacOSXUpd10.5.1.dmg"
Its SHA-1 digest is: fb4ba4e5a0a7db7e04b3c93bb10115017cbea986
For Mac OS X Server v10.5
The download file is named: "MacOSXServerUpd10.5.1.dmg"
Its SHA-1 digest is: 9ccfe856eae029b70b7f465d85041a96738eaeab
Information will also be posted to the Apple Security Updates
web site:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
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