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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component File Descriptors. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
CUPS in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 does not properly close file descriptors when handling multiple simultaneous print jobs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (printing halt).
The bug was discovered 08/16/2005. The weakness was shared 08/19/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2525 since 08/10/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19463 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-007)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115270 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-007 v1.1 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2005-08-17)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21871) and Tenable (19463). The entries 1128, 1078, 22503 and 22509 are related to this item.
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Nessus ID: 19463
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-007)
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: lists.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2005-2525 (🔍)
X-Force: 21871
SecurityTracker: 1014698
Vulnerability Center: 10955 - CUPS in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 Remote Denial of Service, Medium
SecurityFocus: 14567
OSVDB: 18797 - CVE-2005-2525 - CUPS - Denial-Of-Service Issue
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 23:39Updated: 06/16/2019 11:28
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (65), 06/16/2019 11:28 (9)
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