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Apple Mac OS X UDTO HFS+ Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA23062
Release Date: 2006-11-22
Popularity: 12,806 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:Apple Macintosh OS X

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Description:
LMH has reported a vulnerability in Mac OS X, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to errors in the handling of UDTO HFS+ image structures and can be exploited to cause a system panic.

NOTE: This is only remotely exploitable via the Safari web browser when the "opening safe files after downloading" option is enabled.

The vulnerability is reported in a fully patched Mac OS X (2006-11-21). Other versions may also be affected.

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