Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-5836 - Local Denial of Service vulnerability in Opendarwin Darwin Kernel 8.8.1

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
opendarwin
nessus
exploit available

Summary

The fpathconf syscall function in bsd/kern/kern_descrip.c in the Darwin kernel (XNU) 8.8.1 in Apple Mac OS X allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file descriptor with an unrecognized file type.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Opendarwin
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionApple Mac OS X 10.x FPathConf System Call Local Denial of Service Vulnerability. CVE-2006-5836. Dos exploit for osx platform
idEDB-ID:28948
last seen2016-02-03
modified2006-11-09
published2006-11-09
reporterilja van sprundel
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/28948/
titleApple Mac OS X 10.x FPathConf System Call Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Nessus

NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOSX_10_4_9.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.4 which is older than version 10.4.9 or a version of Mac OS X 10.3 which does not have Security Update 2007-003 applied. This update contains several security fixes for the following programs : - ColorSync - CoreGraphics - Crash Reporter - CUPS - Disk Images - DS Plugins - Flash Player - GNU Tar - HFS - HID Family - ImageIO - Kernel - MySQL server - Networking - OpenSSH - Printing - QuickDraw Manager - servermgrd - SMB File Server - Software Update - sudo - WebLog
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id24811
published2007-03-13
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24811
titleMac OS X < 10.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-003)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

if ( ! defined_func("bn_random") ) exit(0);
if ( NASL_LEVEL < 3004 ) exit(0);


include("compat.inc");

if(description)
{
 script_id(24811);
 script_version ("1.29");

 script_cve_id("CVE-2007-0719", "CVE-2007-0467", "CVE-2007-0720", 
               "CVE-2007-0721", "CVE-2007-0722", "CVE-2006-6061", 
               "CVE-2006-6062", "CVE-2006-5679", "CVE-2007-0229", 
               "CVE-2007-0267", "CVE-2007-0299", "CVE-2007-0723", 
               "CVE-2006-5330", "CVE-2006-0300", "CVE-2006-6097", 
               "CVE-2007-0318", "CVE-2007-0724", "CVE-2007-1071", 
               "CVE-2007-0733", "CVE-2006-5836", "CVE-2006-6129", 
               "CVE-2006-6173", "CVE-2006-1516", "CVE-2006-1517", 
               "CVE-2006-2753", "CVE-2006-3081", "CVE-2006-4031", 
               "CVE-2006-4226", "CVE-2006-3469", "CVE-2006-6130", 
               "CVE-2007-0236", "CVE-2007-0726", "CVE-2006-0225", 
               "CVE-2006-4924", "CVE-2006-5051", "CVE-2006-5052", 
               "CVE-2007-0728", "CVE-2007-0588", "CVE-2007-0730", 
               "CVE-2007-0731", "CVE-2007-0463", "CVE-2005-2959", 
               "CVE-2006-4829");
 script_bugtraq_id(20982, 21236, 21291, 21349, 22041, 22948);

 script_name(english:"Mac OS X < 10.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-003)");
 
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update which fixes a security
issue." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.4 which is older than
version 10.4.9 or a version of Mac OS X 10.3 which does not have 
Security Update 2007-003 applied.

This update contains several security fixes for the following programs :

 - ColorSync
 - CoreGraphics
 - Crash Reporter
 - CUPS
 - Disk Images
 - DS Plugins
 - Flash Player
 - GNU Tar
 - HFS
 - HID Family
 - ImageIO
 - Kernel
 - MySQL server
 - Networking
 - OpenSSH
 - Printing
 - QuickDraw Manager
 - servermgrd
 - SMB File Server
 - Software Update
 - sudo 
 - WebLog" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Mac OS X 10.4 : Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.4.9 :

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxserver1049updateppc.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1049updateintel.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxserver1049updateuniversal.html

Mac OS X 10.3 : Apply Security Update 2007-003 :

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20070031039client.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate20070031039server.html" );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
 script_cwe_id(79, 119, 362, 399);

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2007/03/13");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2005/09/28");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value: "2007/03/13");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/14  1:59:35");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x");
script_end_attributes();

 script_summary(english:"Check for the version of Mac OS X");
 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
 script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
 script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "os_fingerprint.nasl");
 exit(0);
}


os = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/Version");
if ( ! os ) {
	 os = get_kb_item("Host/OS");
	 confidence = get_kb_item("Host/OS/Confidence");
	 if ( confidence <= 90 ) exit(0);
	}
if ( ! os ) exit(0);
if ( ereg(pattern:"Mac OS X 10\.4($|\.[1-8]([^0-9]|$))", string:os)) security_hole(0);
else if ( ereg(pattern:"Mac OS X 10\.3\.", string:os) )
{
 packages = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/packages");
 if ( ! packages ) exit(0);
 if (!egrep(pattern:"^SecUpd(Srvr)?2007-003", string:packages)) security_hole(0);
}