Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.8 AFP Server denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.8. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component AFP Server. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-0340. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.8 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the component AFP Server. 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:

Integer signedness error in Apple File Service (AFP Server) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a negative UAM string length in a FPLoginExt packet.

The bug was discovered 02/04/2005. The weakness was presented 03/15/2005 by Braden Thomas (felinemenace) with felinemenace.org (Website). The advisory is shared at docs.info.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0340 since 02/10/2005. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Kevin Finisterre and been published 6 days after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 39 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17587 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-003)), 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.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19263), Exploit-DB (2111), Tenable (17587), SecurityFocus (BID 12478†) and OSVDB (15006†). See VDB-1178, VDB-1296, VDB-1295 and VDB-1294 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Kevin Finisterre
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Nessus ID: 17587
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-003)
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Patch: apple.com

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02/04/2005 🔍
02/08/2005 +4 days 🔍
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02/10/2005 +2 days 🔍
03/15/2005 +33 days 🔍
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05/02/2005 +34 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: Braden Thomas (felinemenace)
Organization: felinemenace.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0340 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0340
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1293
X-Force: 19263 - AppleFileServer FPLoginExt denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 12478 - Apple Mac OS X AppleFileServer Remote Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 14655 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 15006 - Apple Mac OS X AFP Core Foundation Library CF_CHARSET_PATH Variable Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1013497
Vulnerability Center: 18485 - Apple File Server (AFP Server) Remote Denial of Service via a FPLoginExt Packet, Medium

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

Created: 03/29/2005 10:47
Updated: 02/08/2025 12:36
Changes: 03/29/2005 10:47 (97), 07/01/2019 20:26 (8), 02/08/2025 12:36 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:B90:103

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