About the security content of OS X Server v3.0

Learn about the security content of OS X Server v3.0.

This document describes the security content of OS X Server v3.0.

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OS X Server v3.0

• Profile Manager

  Available for: OS X Mavericks v10.9 or later

  Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service

  Description: The JSON Ruby Gem permanently allocated memory when parsing certain constructs in its input. An attacker could exploit this to use all available memory leading to a denial of service. This issue was addressed through additional validation of JSON data.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2013-0269

• Profile Manager

  Available for: OS X Mavericks v10.9 or later

  Impact: Multiple issues in Ruby on Rails

  Description: Multiple issues existed in Ruby on Rails, the most serious of which may lead to cross site scripting. These issues were addressed by updating the Rails implementation used by Profile Manager to version 2.3.18.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2013-1854

  CVE-2013-1855

  CVE-2013-1856

  CVE-2013-1857

• FreeRADIUS

  Available for: OS X Mavericks v10.9 or later

  Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service or arbitrary code execution

  Description: A buffer overflow existed in FreeRADIUS when parsing the 'not after' timestamp in a client certificate, when using TLS-based EAP methods. This issue was addressed by updating FreeRADIUS to version 2.2.0.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2012-3547

• Server App

  Available for: OS X Mavericks v10.9 or later

  Impact: Server may use a fallback certificate during authentication

  Description: A logic issue existed whereby the RADIUS service could choose an incorrect certificate from the list of configured certificates. The issue was addressed by using the same certificate as other services.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2013-5143 : Arek Dreyer of Dreyer Network Consultants, Inc.