BID:40888

Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.6.4 Printer Setup (CVE-2010-1379) Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Info

Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.6.4 Printer Setup (CVE-2010-1379) Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	40888
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2010-1379
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 15 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 15 2010 12:00AM
Credit:	Filipp Lepalaan of mcare Oy
Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.3 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.2 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.1 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.6

Not Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.4

Discussion

Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.6.4 Printer Setup (CVE-2010-1379) Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X Printer Setup is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because the application fails to properly handle Unicode characters in service names.

Attackers can exploit this issue to create a denial-of-service condition.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 40871 (Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.6.4 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been given its own record to better document it.

Exploit / POC

Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.6.4 Printer Setup (CVE-2010-1379) 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].

This issue may not require specific exploit code and may be trivial to exploit.

Solution / Fix

Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.6.4 Printer Setup (CVE-2010-1379) Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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

Apple Mac OS X 10.6