Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.10 IPv6 Type 0 Route Header denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.10 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component IPv6 Type 0 Route Header Handler. 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:

The IPv6 protocol allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted IPv6 type 0 route headers (IPV6_RTHDR_TYPE_0) that create network amplification between two routers.

The weakness was released 06/21/2007 by Philippe Biondi Arnaud Ebalard with OpenBSD (Website). The advisory is available at secdev.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-2242 since 04/25/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 30142 (openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4929)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156097 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Kernel (ELSA-2007-0347)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at docs.info.apple.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. 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 (33851) and Tenable (30142). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 2979, 2978, 3041 and 3293.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Nessus ID: 30142
Nessus Name: openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4929)
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OpenVAS ID: 58247
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-07:03.ipv6.asc)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: docs.info.apple.com

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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: secdev.org
Researcher: Philippe Biondi Arnaud Ebalard
Organization: OpenBSD
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-2242 (🔍)
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X-Force: 33851
SecurityTracker: 1017949
SecurityFocus: 23615 - IPv6 Protocol Type 0 Route Header Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 25770 - Apple Mac OS X IPv6 Type 0 Route Headers Denial of Service, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 35303 - Multiple OS IPv6 Type 0 Route Headers DoS
Vupen: ADV-2007-1563

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 07/02/2007 18:22
Changes: 07/02/2007 18:22 (94)
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