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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Mac OS X Security Update 2006-003

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for Security Update 2006-003

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote operating system is missing a vendor supplied patch.

Description :

The remote host is running Apple Mac OS X, but lacks
Security Update 2006-003.

This security update contains fixes for the following
applications :

AppKit
ImageIO
BOM
CFNetwork
ClamAV (Mac OS X Server only)
CoreFoundation
CoreGraphics
Finder
FTPServer
Flash Player
KeyCHain
LaunchServices
libcurl
Mail
MySQL Manager (Mac OS X Server only)
Preview
QuickDraw
QuickTime Streaming Server
Ruby
Safari

See also :

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303737

Solution :

Mac OS X 10.4 :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2006003macosx1046clientppc.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate2006003macosx1046clientintel.html

Mac OS X 10.3 :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20060031039client.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20060031039server.html

Network Security Threat Level:

Critical / CVSS Base Score : 10.0
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:C/I:C/A:C/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 17634, 17951

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security

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