Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-3259 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Apple TV and Iphone OS
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
The kernel in Apple iOS before 5 and Apple TV before 4.4 does not properly recover memory allocated for incomplete TCP connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by making many connection attempts.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00002.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5001
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50087
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70530
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70530
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50087
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5001
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00002.html