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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2 (Operating System). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:
software update in mac os x 10.4.2 when the user marks all updates to be ignored exits without asking the user to reset the status of the updates which could prevent important security-relevant updates from being installed.
The bug was discovered 11/07/2005. The weakness was presented 11/01/2005 by Ilja van Sprundel with DarkArt Consulting Services (Website). The advisory is shared at docs.info.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2750 since 08/30/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.
After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20113 (Mac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 115298 (Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2005-10-31)).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23011) and Tenable (20113). See 1371, 1462, 1852 and 1853 for similar entries.
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 20113
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: Ilja van Sprundel
Organization: DarkArt Consulting Services
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2005-2750 (🔍)
X-Force: 23011
SecurityTracker: 1015124
Vulnerability Center: 9723 - Mac OS X 10.4.2 Update Exits without Resetting Updates Status, Low
SecurityFocus: 15252 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-10-31 Multiple Local Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17368 - Mac OS X Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 20428 - Apple Mac OS X Software Update Security Patch Failure
Vupen: ADV-2005-2256
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 23:39Updated: 06/11/2019 06:59
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (77), 06/11/2019 06:59 (9)
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