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Apple Mac OS X VPND Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X vpnd is prone to a local buffer overflow vulnerability.

The vulnerability presents itself when the application handles excessive string values supplied through the '-i' command line parameter.

An attacker can gain superuser privileges by exploiting this issue.

This issue was initially reported in BID 13480 (Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities). Due to the availability of more information, this issue is being assinged a new BID.