Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.8 HFS+ do_hfs_truncate denial of service
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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.8 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function do_hfs_truncate
of the component HFS+. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
The do_hfs_truncate function in Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a crafted HFS+ filesystem in a DMG image, which causes an access of an invalid vnode structure during file removal.
The bug was discovered 01/13/2007. The weakness was presented 01/15/2007 by LMH with MOAB (Website). The advisory is shared at projects.info-pull.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-0318 since 01/17/2007. Access to the local network is required for this attack. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.
After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at projects.info-pull.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24811 (Mac OS X < 10.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-003)), 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 c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115527 (Apple Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2007-03-13)).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31492) and Tenable (24811). See 2060, 2621, 2709 and 2824 for similar entries.
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 24811
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-003)
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Patch: apple.com
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: projects.info-pull.com
Researcher: LMH
Organization: MOAB
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0318 (🔍)
X-Force: 31492
SecurityTracker: 1017759
Vulnerability Center: 14633 - Apple Mac Os X do_hfs_truncate Function Denial of Service via HFS+ DMG Image, Medium
SecurityFocus: 22042 - Apple Mac OS X DMG HFS+ DO_HFS_TRUNCATE Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23742 - Mac OS X HFS+ "do_hfs_truncate()" Denial of Service, Not Critical
OSVDB: 32685 - Apple Mac OS X HFS+ do_hfs_truncate() Function DoS
Vupen: ADV-2007-0171
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 01/16/2007 14:17Updated: 07/16/2019 17:37
Changes: 01/16/2007 14:17 (98), 07/16/2019 17:37 (5)
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