Apple Remote Desktop 3.1 is now available. Along with functionality
improvements (see release notes), it also fixes the following
security issue:
Apple Remote Desktop
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-4413
Available for: Apple Remote Desktop 3.0
Impact: Malicious local users may be able to modify packages
used to install or upgrade client systems
Description: Apple Remote Desktop includes built-in packages
used to install and upgrade client systems. The permissions on
these packages could allow them to be altered by malicious local
users on Apple Remote Desktop admin systems. This could lead to
the execution of arbitrary commands with root privileges on
client systems when Apple Remote Desktop client software is
installed or upgraded. This issue has been addressed by applying
more restrictive permissions on the built-in installation
packages. Credit to Andrew Mortensen of the University of
Michigan for reporting this issue.