Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-4219 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Apple mac OS X and mac OS X Server
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
The kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system halt) by running an application that is dynamically linked to libraries on an NFS server, related to occurrence of an exception in this application.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family | MacOS X Local Security Checks |
NASL id | MACOSX_10_5_6.NASL |
description | The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.5.x that is prior to 10.5.6. Mac OS X 10.5.6 contains security fixes for the following products : - ATS - BOM - CoreGraphics - CoreServices - CoreTypes - Flash Player Plug-in - Kernel - Libsystem - Managed Client - network_cmds - Podcast Producer - UDF |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 35111 |
published | 2008-12-16 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35111 |
title | Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities |
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References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33179
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32873
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021404
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444