CVE-2009-2194

Mac OS X 10.5 - Denial of Service via Local Socket File Descriptor Sharing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 does not properly share file descriptors over local sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing file descriptors in messages sent to a socket that has no receiver, related to a "synchronization issue."

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/56836
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52439
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022672
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0040
EPSS Percentile 33.1%

Details

Status published
Products (18)
apple/mac_os_x 10.5.6 (2 CPE variants)
apple/mac_os_x 10.5
apple/mac_os_x 10.5.0
apple/mac_os_x 10.5.1
apple/mac_os_x 10.5.2 (2 CPE variants)
apple/mac_os_x 10.5.3
apple/mac_os_x 10.5.4
apple/mac_os_x 10.5.5
apple/mac_os_x 10.5.7
apple/mac_os_x_server 10.5
... and 8 more
Published Aug 06, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026