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Apple Mac OS X "ptrace()" Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA37238
Release Date: 2009-11-06
Popularity: 831 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:Apple Macintosh OS X

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Mac OS X, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a race condition within the "ptrace()" implementation, which can be exploited to cause a kernel panic.

The vulnerability is reported in version 10.5.6, 10.5.7, and 10.6.1. Other versions may also be affected.

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