Apple Mac OS X AIOCREGLOCALZN ioctl command denial of service
| macos-aiocreglocalzn-dos (30552) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Apple Mac OS X AppleTalk is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper validation by the AIOCREGLOCALZN ioctl command. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially-crafted data structure using the AIOCREGLOCALZN ioctl command to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service.
Note: The AppleTalk stack must be enabled for successful exploitation.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.1
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.10
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.11
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.2
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.3
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.4
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.5
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.6
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.7
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.8
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.1
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.10
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.2
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.3
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.4
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.5
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.6
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.7
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.8
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mac OS X (10.4.9 or later) or apply Apple Security Update 2007-003. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Apple Web site, Apple - Support - Downloads at http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/.
- 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 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214.
- MOKB-27-11-2006, Mac OS X AppleTalk AIOCREGLOCALZN Ioctl Memory Corruption at http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-27-11-2006.html.
- BID-21317: Apple Mac OS X AppleTalk AIOCRegLocalZN IOCTL Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-6130: Apple Mac OS X AppleTalk allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by calling the AIOCREGLOCALZN ioctl command with a crafted data structure on an AppleTalk socket.
- OSVDB ID: 30722: Mac OS X AppleTalk AIOCREGLOCALZN ioctl Command Local DoS
- SA23134: Apple Mac OS X AppleTalk Privilege Escalation
- SA24479: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1017751: Mac OS X Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Local Users Obtain Elevated Privileges and Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-4746: Apple Mac OS X AppleTalk AIOCREGLOCALZN Denial of Service Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0930: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Nov 27, 2006
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