CVE-2005-3712 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2005-3712?

CVE-2005-3712 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 2 Mar 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Heap-based buffer overflow in rsync in Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via long extended attributes.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3712?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2005-3712?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3712 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-2005-3712 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3712 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 GHSA-9xc7-hc9q-hfgg.