Apple Mac OS X AFP Server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	33812
Class:	Race Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2009-0142
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 12 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 18 2009 04:07PM
Credit:	Apple
Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.6 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.3 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.2 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.5
Not Vulnerable:

Apple Mac OS X AFP Server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X AFP Server is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability that can allow an attacker to cause the service to crash.

This issue affects Mac OS X 10.5.6 (both client and server).

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 33759 (Apple Mac OS X 2009-001 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been assigned its own record to better document it.

Apple Mac OS X AFP Server Remote 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].

Apple Mac OS X AFP Server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and updates to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.6

• Apple SecUpdSrvr2009-001.dmg
  http://support.apple.com/downloads/Security_Update_2009_001__Server_Le opard_

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6

• Apple SecUpd2009-001.dmg
  http://support.apple.com/downloads/Security_Update_2009_001__Leopard_

Apple Mac OS X AFP Server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• About the security content of Security Update 2009-001 (Apple)
  
• Mac OS X Homepage (Apple)