Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.8 HFS+ do_hfs_truncate denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.8. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is the function do_hfs_truncate of the component HFS+. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2007-0318. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advised to disable the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4.8 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function do_hfs_truncate of the component HFS+. 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 do_hfs_truncate function in Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a crafted HFS+ filesystem in a DMG image, which causes an access of an invalid vnode structure during file removal.

The bug was discovered 01/13/2007. The weakness was presented 01/15/2007 by LMH with MOAB (Website). The advisory is shared at projects.info-pull.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-0318 since 01/17/2007. Access to the local network is required for this attack. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at projects.info-pull.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. 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)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com. 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 (31492), Tenable (24811), SecurityFocus (BID 22042†), OSVDB (32685†) and Secunia (SA23742†). See VDB-2060, VDB-2621, VDB-2709 and VDB-2824 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
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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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Patch: apple.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: projects.info-pull.com
Researcher: LMH
Organization: MOAB
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0318 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0318
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2833
X-Force: 31492
SecurityFocus: 22042 - Apple Mac OS X DMG HFS+ DO_HFS_TRUNCATE Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23742 - Mac OS X HFS+ "do_hfs_truncate()" Denial of Service, Not Critical
OSVDB: 32685 - Apple Mac OS X HFS+ do_hfs_truncate() Function DoS
SecurityTracker: 1017759
Vulnerability Center: 14633 - Apple Mac Os X do_hfs_truncate Function Denial of Service via HFS+ DMG Image, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-0171

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 01/16/2007 14:17
Updated: 07/16/2019 17:37
Changes: 01/16/2007 14:17 (98), 07/16/2019 17:37 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:4C2:103

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