CVE-2005-0373 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2005-0373?

CVE-2005-0373 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 13 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in digestmd5.c CVS release 1.170 (also referred to as digestmda5.c), as used in the DIGEST-MD5 SASL plugin for Cyrus-SASL but not in any official releases, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0373?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server, Conectiva Linux, Cyrus Sasl, Openpkg Openpkg, Redhat Fedora Core and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0373?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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

Is CVE-2005-0373 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0373 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0373, GHSA-48q4-vrg4-8rx4.