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OS X update for xar (CVE-2019-6238)

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OS X update for xar (CVE-2019-6238)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/16/2019
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/16/2019
Modified
11/02/2020

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra. Processing a maliciously crafted package may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_14_4

References

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