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Apple Mac OS X UDTO HFS+ Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:
SA23062
Release Date:
2006-11-22
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.
Solution
:
Disable the "opening safe files after downloading" option. Grant only trusted users access to the system.
Provided and/or discovered by
:
LMH
Original Advisory
:
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-21-11-2006.html
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