Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. 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 availability. The summary by CVE is:

QuickTime Streaming Server in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and connection interruption) via a QuickTime movie with a missing track, which triggers a null dereference.

The bug was discovered 05/11/2006. The weakness was shared 05/08/2006 by Damien Bobillot (McAfee) with McAfee AVERT Labs (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1455 since 03/28/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21341 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-003)), 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 l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26423) and Tenable (21341).

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 21341
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-003)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Damien Bobillot (McAfee)
Organization: McAfee AVERT Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1455 (🔍)
X-Force: 26423
SecurityTracker: 1016070
Vulnerability Center: 11421 - Apple QuickTime Streaming Server Remote DoS via QuickTime Movie With a Missing Track, High
SecurityFocus: 17951 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-003 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20077 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 25599 - Apple Mac OS X Server QuickTime Server Missing Track DoS
Vupen: ADV-2006-1779

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108

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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/17/2019 20:12
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (74), 06/17/2019 20:12 (11)
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