apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8 denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8 (Operating System). This vulnerability affects an unknown part. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

com.apple.AppleDiskImageController in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed DMG image that triggers memory corruption. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by a third party, who states that the impact is limited to a denial of service (kernel panic) due to a vm_fault call with a non-aligned address.

The bug was discovered 11/20/2006. The weakness was published 11/20/2006 by LMH as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-6061 since 11/21/2006. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. 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)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30440) and Tenable (24811). Similar entries are available at 2060, 2621, 2709 and 2824.

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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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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: LMH
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CVE: CVE-2006-6061 (🔍)
X-Force: 30440
SecurityTracker: 1017260
Vulnerability Center: 13122 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 com.apple.AppleDiskImageController Remote Total Compromise Via DMG Image, Critical
SecurityFocus: 21201 - Apple Mac OS X UDIF Disk Image Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23012 - Apple Mac OS X UDIF Denial of Service, Not Critical
OSVDB: 30509 - Apple Mac OS X com.apple.AppleDiskImageController DMG Image Handling Memory Corruption
Vupen: ADV-2006-4629

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 07/11/2019 06:38
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (87), 07/11/2019 06:38 (4)
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