Apple Mac OS X 10.4.5 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.5 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-0382. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.5 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.5 and allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an undocumented system call.

The bug was discovered 02/14/2006. The weakness was presented 02/14/2006 by David Goldsmith (ASAN) (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-0382 since 01/24/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 20911 (Mac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.5 Kernel Undocumented System Call Local DoS), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115328 (Apple Mac OS X 10.4.5 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-02-14)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24682), Tenable (20911), SecurityFocus (BID 16654†), OSVDB (23190†) and Secunia (SA18907†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 20911
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.5 Kernel Undocumented System Call Local DoS
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: David Goldsmith (ASAN)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-0382 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0382
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28703
X-Force: 24682
SecurityFocus: 16654 - Apple Mac OS X Undocumented System Call Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 18907 - Mac OS X Kernel Local Denial of Service Vulnerability, Not Critical
OSVDB: 23190 - Apple Mac OS X Kernel Undocumented System Call Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1015634
Vulnerability Center: 10419 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4.4 DoS via Undocumented System Call, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-0597

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

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Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/23/2025 02:41
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (71), 06/14/2019 13:00 (10), 06/23/2025 02:41 (18)
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