Apple Mac OS X 'notifyd' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
BID:28345
Info
Apple Mac OS X 'notifyd' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 28345 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: |
CVE-2008-0990 |
| Remote: | No |
| Local: | Yes |
| Published: | Mar 18 2008 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Mar 20 2008 09:10PM |
| Credit: | The vendor disclosed this issue. |
| Vulnerable: |
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.10 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.9 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.7 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.6 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.5 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.4 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.3 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.2 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.9 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.4 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
Apple Mac OS X 'notifyd' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Apple Mac OS X is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to verify the source of Mach port death notifications.
Attackers can leverage this issue to cause denial-of-service conditions.
NOTE: This vulnerability was previously covered in BID 28304 (Apple Mac OS X 2008-002 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been given its own record to better document the issue.
Apple Mac OS X is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to verify the source of Mach port death notifications.
Attackers can leverage this issue to cause denial-of-service conditions.
NOTE: This vulnerability was previously covered in BID 28304 (Apple Mac OS X 2008-002 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been given its own record to better document the issue.
Exploit / POC
Apple Mac OS X 'notifyd' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].
Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].
Solution / Fix
Apple Mac OS X 'notifyd' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Solution:
The vendor released an advisory and fixes. Please see the references for more information.
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11
Solution:
The vendor released an advisory and fixes. Please see the references for more information.
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
-
Apple SecUpdSrvr2008-002PPC.dmg
http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=18157&cat= 57&platform=osx&method=sa/SecUpdSrvr2008-002PPC.dmg -
Apple SecUpdSrvr2008-002Univ.dmg
http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=18157&cat= 57&platform=osx&method=sa/SecUpdSrvr2008-002Univ.dmg
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11
References
Apple Mac OS X 'notifyd' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
References:
References: