Apple Bonjour for Windows mDNSResponder denial of service
| apple-bonjour-mdnsresponder-dos (45005) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Apple Bonjour for Windows is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the Bonjour Namespace Provider. By persuading a victim to resolve a specially-crafted .local domain name containing an overly-long DNS label, 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:
Upgrade to the latest version of Apple Bonjour for Windows (1.0.5 or later), available from the Apple Web site. See References.
References:
- Apple Web site: About the security content of Bonjour for Windows 1.0.5 .
- BID-31091: Apple Bonjour for Windows mDNSResponder NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-2326: mDNSResponder in the Bonjour Namespace Provider in Apple Bonjour for Windows before 1.0.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by resolving a crafted .local domain name that contains a long label.
- SA31822: Apple Bonjour for Windows mDNSResponder Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1020845: Apple Bonjour for Windows mDNSResponder Null Pointer Dereference Lets Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2524: Apple Bonjour for Windows DNS Spoofing and DoS Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Bonjour 1.0.4 Windows
Reported:
Sep 09, 2008
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