As published by the French security team, French Security Incident Response Team (FrSIRT): this failure is due to a memory corruption error in “com.apple. AppleDiskImageController ”when handling corrupt DMG image structures, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands forcing the user to visit a malicious web page using Safari.”
The bug affects Mac OS X 10.4.8 and earlier versions of the operating system.
Web: www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4629.
