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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Mac OS X Security Update 2006-007

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of Mac OS X

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update which fixes a security
issue.

Description :

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X which does not have
the security update 2006-007 applied.

Security Update 2006-007 contains several security fixes for the following
programs :

- AirPort
- ATS
- CFNetwork
- Finder
- Font Book
- Font Importer
- Installer
- OpenSSL
- PHP
- PPP
- Samba
- Security Framework
- VPN
- WebKit
- gnuzip
- perl

Solution :

Install the missing security update :

For Mac OS X 10.4 :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20060071048clientppc.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20060071048clientintel.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20060071048serverppc.html

For Mac OS X 10.3 :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20060071039client.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20060071039server.html

See also :

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829

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: 21335, 20862

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

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