CVE-2004-0430 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2004-0430?

CVE-2004-0430 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 6 May 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in AppleFileServer for Mac OS X 10.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a LoginExt packet for a Cleartext Password User Authentication Method (UAM) request with a PathName argument that includes an AFPName type string that is longer than the associated length field.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0430?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0430?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0430 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2004-0430 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0430 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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