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Apple Mac OS X UDIF Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23012
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Release Date:
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2006-11-21
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Last Update:
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2007-03-14
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Popularity:
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27,971 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Apple Macintosh OS X
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-6061
CVE-2006-6062
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Description:
LMH has reported a vulnerability in Mac OS X, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling corrupted DMG image structures and can be exploited to cause a kernel panic.
The vulnerability is reported in a fully patched Mac OS X (2006-11-20). Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to Mac OS X 10.4.9 or install Security Update 2007-003.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally discovered by:
LMH
Additional research by:
Alastair Houghton
Changelog:
2006-11-22: Added CVE reference.
2006-11-23: Added link to US-CERT.
2006-12-01: Updated "Description" section based on additional information.
2007-03-14: Updated "Solution" section. Added link to US-CERT.
Original Advisory:
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-20-11-2006.html
Other References:
US-CERT VU#367424:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/367424
US-CERT VU#214040:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/214040
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