Apple Mac OS X UDTO HFS+ denial of service
| macosx-udtohfs-dos (30463) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Apple Mac OS X is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by improper handling of malformed UDTO HFS+ image structures. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a memory corruption resulting in a denial of service, if the attacker could persuade the victim to load a specially-crafted DMG file.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 3.9 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-Of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mac OS X (10.4.9 or later) or apply Apple Security Update 2007-003. See References.
References:
- Apple Mac OS X Web site: Apple - Mac OS X.
- Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003: About the security content of Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003.
- MOKB-21-11-2006: Mac OS X Apple UDTO HFS+ Disk Image Denial of Service (1).
- BID-21201: Apple Mac OS X UDIF Disk Image Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- BID-21236: Apple Mac OS X UDTO Disk Image Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-6062: Unspecified vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed UDTO HFS+ disk image, such as with bad sectors
- OSVDB ID: 30510: Mac OS X UDTO HFS+ Image Handling DoS
- SA23012: Apple Mac OS X UDIF Denial of Service
- SA23062: Apple Mac OS X UDTO HFS+ Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SA24479: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1017260: Mac OS X DMG Image Validation Error May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SECTRACK ID: 1017751: Mac OS X Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Local Users Obtain Elevated Privileges and Deny Service
- US-CERT VU#214040: Apple Mac OS X fails to properly handle corrupted UDTO HFS+ image structures
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-4629: Apple Mac OS X com.apple.AppleDiskImageController Denial of Service Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-4653: Apple Mac OS X UDTO HFS+ Image Structures Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0930: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8
Reported:
Nov 21, 2006
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