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ESB-2004.0737 -- APPLE-SA-2004-11-22 -- iCal 1.5.4

Date: 23 November 2004

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                   ESB-2004.0737 -- APPLE-SA-2004-11-22
                                iCal 1.5.4
                             23 November 2004

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           iCal
Publisher:         Apple
Operating System:  Mac OS X
Impact:            Inappropriate Access
Access:            Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names:         CAN-2004-1021

Original Bulletin: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798

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APPLE-SA-2004-11-22 iCal 1.5.4

iCal 1.5.4 is now available and delivers the following security
enhancement:

CVE-ID:  CAN-2004-1021

Availability:  iCal 1.5.4 is available for Mac OS X v10.2.3 or later

Impact:  New iCal calendars may add alarms without approval

Description:  iCal calendars may include notification of events via
alarms.  These alarms may open programs and send e-mail.  iCal has
been updated to show an alert window when importing or opening
calendars containing alarms.  Credit to aaron@vtty.com for reporting
this issue.

iCal 1.5.4 may be obtained from the Software Update pane in System
Preferences, or Apple's iCal web site:
http://www.apple.com/ical/download/

The download file is named: "iCal154.dmg"
Its SHA-1 digest is:  0bcb7c569bd3410f001c922afc337019203c19de

Information will also be posted to the Apple Product Security
web site:
http://www.apple.com/support/security/security_updates.html

This message is signed with Apple's Product Security PGP key,
and details are available at:
http://www.apple.com/support/security/security_pgp.html

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Incident Reporting Form at:

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Australian Computer Emergency Response Team
The University of Queensland
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Qld 4072

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