Apple Mac OS X Networking PIM IPv6 NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:44784

Info

Apple Mac OS X Networking PIM IPv6 NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 44784
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2010-1843
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 10 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 22 2010 05:56PM
Credit: Anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative
Vulnerable: Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.6.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.6.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.6.2
Apple iPod Touch 3.1.3
Apple iPod Touch 3.1.2
Apple iPod Touch 3.1.1
Apple iPod Touch 2.2.1
Apple iPod Touch 3.0
Apple iPod Touch 2.2
Apple iPod Touch 2.1
Apple iPhone 4.0.1
Apple iPhone 3.2.1
Apple iPhone 3.1.3
Apple iPhone 3.1.2
Apple iPhone 3.0.1
Apple iPhone 2.2.1
Apple iPhone 2.0.2
Apple iPhone 2.0.1
Apple iPhone 4.1
Apple iPhone 4.0
Apple iPhone 3.2
Apple iPhone 3.1
Apple iPhone 3.0
Apple iPhone 2.2
Apple iPhone 2.1
Apple iPhone 2.0
Apple iPad 3.2.1
Apple iPad 3.2.2
Apple iPad 3.2
Apple iPad 0
Apple iOS 4.0.2
Apple iOS 4.0.1
Apple iOS 3.2.2
Apple iOS 3.2.1
Apple iOS 4.2 beta
Apple iOS 4.1
Apple iOS 4
Apple iOS 3.2
Not Vulnerable: Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.5
Apple iOS 4.2

Discussion

Apple Mac OS X Networking PIM IPv6 NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X Networking is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability due to a NULL-pointer dereference condition.

Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the affected computer, denying service to legitimate users. Due to the nature of this issue, arbitrary code-execution may be possible; however, this has not been confirmed.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 44778 (Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.6.5 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been given its own record to better document it.

This issue affects Mac OS X 10.6 to 10.6.4 and Mac OS X Server 10.6 to 10.6.4.

Exploit / POC

Apple Mac OS X Networking PIM IPv6 NULL Pointer Dereference 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 Networking PIM IPv6 NULL Pointer Dereference 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 10.6.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.4

References

Apple Mac OS X Networking PIM IPv6 NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

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