Apple Mac OS X And iOS Mail Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	50446
Class:	Unknown
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 29 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 29 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	shebang42
Vulnerable:	Cosmicperl Directory Pro 10.0.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.4 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 10.5.8 Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7 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 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 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.8 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.7 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.1.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.1.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.1.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.1.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.0.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.0.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.0.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.0 3 Apple Mac OS X 10.0 Apple Mac OS X 10.7.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.7.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.7 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.8 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.7 Apple Mac OS X 10.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.5 Apple iOS 4.2.1 Apple iOS 4.3.3 Apple iOS 4.2.9 Apple iOS 4.2.8 Apple iOS 4.2.7 Apple iOS 4.2.6 Apple iOS 4.2.5 Apple iOS 4.2.10
Not Vulnerable:

Apple Mac OS X And iOS Mail Denial of Service Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X and iOS are prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to cause the affected mail client to crash, effectively denying service.

Apple Mac OS X And iOS Mail Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following exploit code is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/50446.py

Apple Mac OS X And iOS Mail Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. 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 And iOS Mail Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Mac OS X Homepage (Apple)
  
• Apple's Mail.app mail of death (Paul)