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Apple Mac OS X "kevent()" Local Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23114
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Release Date:
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2006-11-27
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Last Update:
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2007-11-15
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Popularity:
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7,705 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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Local system
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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-2006-6127
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Description:
dugsong has discovered a vulnerability in Mac OS X, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in kevent() when registering a kernel event with a kernel event queue that was created by a parent process. This can be exploited to cause a system panic.
The vulnerability is confirmed in Mac OS X 10.4.8. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to Mac OS X 10.4.11 or apply Security Update 2007-008.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
Provided and/or discovered by:
dugsong
Changelog:
2006-11-28: Added CVE reference.
2007-11-15: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-24-11-2006.html
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