Apple Mac OS X UDTO HFS+ Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories

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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