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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.9 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. 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 SSH key generation process in OpenSSH in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by connecting to the server before SSH has finished creating keys, which causes the keys to be regenerated and can break trust relationships that were based on the original keys.
The bug was discovered 03/13/2007. The weakness was shared 03/14/2007 by Jeff Mccune (Alex) with Security-Protocols (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-0726 since 02/05/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 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.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32975) and Tenable (24811). The entries 2824, 2832, 2833 and 2834 are related to this item.
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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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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Jeff Mccune (Alex)
Organization: Security-Protocols
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0726 (🔍)
X-Force: 32975
SecurityTracker: 1017756
Vulnerability Center: 14641 - OpenSSH in Apple Mac OS X Denial of Service in SSH Key Generation Process, Medium
SecurityFocus: 22948 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Applications Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24479 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 34850 - OpenSSH on Mac OS X Key Generation Remote Connection DoS
Vupen: ADV-2007-0930
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/13/2015 12:16Updated: 07/16/2019 18:18
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (81), 07/16/2019 18:18 (3)
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