Apple Mac OS X Data Detectors Engine denial of service

macosx-datadetectorengine-dos (44130)

Medium Risk

Description:

Apple Mac OS X is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the Data Detectors Engine when handling textual content. By persuading a victim to view a specially-crafted data detector message using an affected application, a remote attacker could cause the application to crash.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector:	Network
Access Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial
Temporal Score:	3.2
Exploitability:	Unproven
Remediation Level:	Official-Fix
Report Confidence:	Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Apply Security Update 2008-005, available from the Apple Web site. See References.

References:

• Apple Web site: About Security Update 2008-005.
• BID-30483: RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-005 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
• BID-30490: Apple Mac OS X Data Detectors Engine Denial Of Service Vulnerability
• CVE-2008-2323: Unspecified vulnerability in Data Detectors Engine in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via crafted textual content in messages.
• SA31326: Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
• SECTRACK ID: 1020606: Mac OS X Data Detectors Engine Resource Consumption Bug Lets Users Deny Service
• VUPEN/ADV-2008-2268: Apple Mac OS X Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

• Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4
• Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4

Reported:

Aug 01, 2008

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