Apple Mac OS X Event Monitor Log Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	36966
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2009-2829
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 09 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 10 2009 05:16PM
Credit:	Apple
Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.7 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
Not Vulnerable:

Apple Mac OS X Event Monitor Log Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability that affects the Event Monitor component.

Attackers may exploit this issue to cause denial-of-service conditions in services that process the SSH server log data.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 36956 (Apple Mac OS X 2009-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been assigned its own record to better document it.

This issue affects Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 and prior.

Apple Mac OS X Event Monitor Log Parsing 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 Event Monitor Log Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.


Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8

• Apple SecUpdSrvr2009-006.dmg
  For Mac OS X Server v10.5.8
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Event Monitor Log Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Mac OS X Homepage (Apple)