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TITLE:
Apple Mac OS X QuickDraw Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23859

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23859/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Apple Macintosh OS X
http://secunia.com/product/96/

DESCRIPTION:
LMH has reported a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in Apple QuickDraw and
can be exploited to cause the application using the QuickDraw
routines to crash, when a specially crafted PICT image is processed.

The vulnerability is reported in Mac OS X 10.4.8 (x86). Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not open or use PICT images from untrusted sources.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
LMH

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-23-01-2007.html

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