Apple Mac OS X Finder disk denial of service
| macos-finder-disk-dos (45166) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Apple Mac OS X is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the Finder component when searching for a remote disk. A remote attacker with access to the local network can force the immediate exit of Finder after initialization, resulting in a denial of service.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.3 |
| Access Vector: | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.4 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Apply Apple Security Update 2008-004 or upgrade to the latest version of Mac OS X (10.5.5 or later), available from the Apple Web site. See References.
References:
- Apple Web site: About the security content of Mac OS X v10.5.5 and Security Update 2008-006 .
- BID-31189: Apple Mac OS X 2008-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-3613: Finder in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 through 10.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors involving a search for a remote disk on the local network.
- SA31882: Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1020875: Mac OS X Finder May Display Incorrect Permissions and Lets Remote Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2584: Apple Mac OS X Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Mac OS X 10.5
- Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2
- Apple Mac OS X 10.5.3
- Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.2
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.3
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4
Reported:
Sep 15, 2008
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