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Mac OS X vpnd Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27938
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Release Date:
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2007-12-07
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Last Update:
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2008-07-01
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Popularity:
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8,698 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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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-2007-6276
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Description:
mu-b has reported a vulnerability in Apple 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 within vpnd when handling connections and can be exploited to stop the VPN daemon by sending a specially crafted packet to the service.
The vulnerability is reported in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.0 (Leopard). Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to Mac OS X 10.5.4.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163
Provided and/or discovered by:
mu-b
Changelog:
2007-12-10: Added CVE reference.
2008-07-01: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4690
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