Apple Mac OS X up to 10.0/10.2.4 Directory Service denial of service
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.0/10.2.4 (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing of the component Directory Service. 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 weakness was disclosed 01/01/2003 by Dave G.. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11603 (Mac OS X Directory Service Connection Saturation Remote DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Denial of Service and running in the context r.
It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling 625.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11770) and Tenable (11603).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
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Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 11603
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Directory Service Connection Saturation Remote DoS
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comResearcher: Dave G.
Status: Not defined
X-Force: 11770
Vulnerability Center: 1809 - DoS in MacOS X Directory Service via Multiple Connections to Port 625, Medium
SecurityFocus: 7323 - MacOS X DirectoryService Denial Of Service Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
Entry
Created: 07/01/2016 10:03Updated: 08/25/2022 17:11
Changes: 07/01/2016 10:03 (57), 02/14/2019 15:18 (2), 08/25/2022 17:11 (2)
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