CVE-2008-0990

Mac OS X 10.4.11 - Denial of Service via Spoofed Mach Port Death Notifications

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

notifyd in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 does not verify that Mach port death notifications have originated from the kernel, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via spoofed death notifications that prevent other applications from receiving notifications.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28345
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019663
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41289

Scores

EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 25.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (2)
apple/mac_os_x 10.4.11
apple/mac_os_x_server 10.4.11
Published Mar 18, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026