CVE-2010-0500

Mac OS X < 10.6.3 - Denial of Service via DNS PTR Record Hostname Validation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Event Monitor in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 does not properly validate hostnames of SSH clients, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (arbitrary client blacklisting) via a crafted DNS PTR record, related to a "plist injection issue."

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077

Scores

EPSS 0.0174
EPSS Percentile 75.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (26)
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
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 10.5.6
apple/mac_os_x 10.5.7
apple/mac_os_x 10.5.8
... and 16 more
Published Mar 30, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026