Apple Mac OS X up to 10.2.7 ARP arplookup denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.2.7. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function arplookup of the component ARP Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0804. Access to the local network is required for this attack. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.2.7 (Operating System). Affected is the function arplookup of the component ARP Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

The arplookup function in FreeBSD 5.1 and earlier, Mac OS X before 10.2.8, and possibly other BSD-based systems, allows remote attackers on a local subnet to cause a denial of service (resource starvation and panic) via a flood of spoofed ARP requests.

The weakness was published 09/23/2003 by Dr Stephen Henson with Apple (Website). The advisory is shared for download at docs.info.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0804 since 09/17/2003. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 0.9.7c eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at info.apple.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13315), Exploit-DB (146), SecurityFocus (BID 5366†), OSVDB (3949†) and Secunia (SA9814†). Further details are available at heise.de. Similar entries are available at VDB-75, VDB-418, VDB-448 and VDB-526. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 52637
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-03:14.arp.asc)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 0.9.7c
Patch: info.apple.com

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07/30/2002 🔍
09/17/2003 +414 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: Dr Stephen Henson
Organization: Apple
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2003-0804 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0804
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-300
X-Force: 13315 - OpenSSL ASN.1 denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 5366 - OpenSSL ASN.1 Parsing Error Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 9814 - Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 3949 - OpenSSL ASN.1 Integer Handling Remote Overflow DoS
Vulnerability Center: 22684 - FreeBSD <= 5.1 and Mac OS X < 10.2.8 ARP Requests DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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

Created: 09/24/2003 12:08
Updated: 03/08/2021 18:16
Changes: 09/24/2003 12:08 (63), 12/13/2016 20:21 (28), 03/08/2021 18:16 (3)
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