CVE-2006-4408

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-4408
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-30 16:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe Security Framework in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via certain public key values in an X.509 certificate that requires extra resources during signature verification. NOTE: this issue may be similar to CVE-2006-2940.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.6 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.7 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apple Mac OS X 2006-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
APPLE-SA-2006-11-28 Security Update 2006-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
About the security content of Security Update 2006-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
Mac OS X Security Framework May Use Weaker or No Encryption, Fail to Check CRLs, and Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-333A -- Apple Releases Security Update to Address Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
www.osvdb.org/30730 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
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