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                       The U.S. Department of Energy
                   Computer Incident Advisory Capability
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                             INFORMATION BULLETIN

                        Mac OS X 10.4.8 Security Update
                           [Security Update 2006-006]

October 3, 2006 22:00 GMT                                         Number R-004
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PROBLEM:       This document describes Security Update 2006-006 and the 
               security content of Mac OS X 10.4.8 Update, which can be 
               downloaded and installed via Software Update preferences, or 
               from Apple Downloads. 
PLATFORM:      Mac OS X v10.3.9
               Mac OS X Server v10.3.9
               Mac OS X v10.4 through Mac OS X v10.4.7
               Mac OS X Server v10.4 through Mac OS X Server v10.4.7 
DAMAGE:        By successfully exploiting the worst of these vulnerabilities, 
               an attacker could execute arbitrary code with raised 
               privileges. 
SOLUTION:      Apply current patches. 
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VULNERABILITY  The risk is MEDIUM. An attacker could execute arbitrary code 
ASSESSMENT:    with raised privileges. 
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LINKS: 
 CIAC BULLETIN:      http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/r-004.shtml 
 ORIGINAL BULLETIN:  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304460 
 CVE:                http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= 
                     CVE-2006-4390, CVE-2006-3311, CVE-2006-3587, 
                     CVE-2006-3588, CVE-2006-4640, CVE-2006-4391, 
                     CVE-2006-4392, CVE-2006-4397, CVE-2006-4393, 
                     CVE-2006-4394, CVE-2006-4387, CVE-2006-4395, 
                     CVE-2006-1721, CVE-2006-3946, CVE-2006-4399 
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[***** Start Security Update 2006-006 *****]

Please visit Apple's website to view their Mac OS X 10.4.8 Security Update:  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304460

[***** End Security Update 2006-006 *****]
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CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Apple for the 
information contained in this bulletin.
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