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Apple Mac OS X UDIF Denial of Service

Secunia Advisory:	SA23012
Release Date:	2006-11-21
Last Update:	2007-03-14

Critical:	Not critical
Impact:	DoS
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Apple Macintosh OS X


CVE reference:	CVE-2006-6061 (Secunia mirror) CVE-2006-6062 (Secunia mirror)

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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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