Apple Mac OS X AppleTalk denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Mac OS X. This affects an unknown function of the component AppleTalk. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2006-6130. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X (Operating System) (version now known). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing of the component AppleTalk. 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:

Apple Mac OS X AppleTalk allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by calling the AIOCREGLOCALZN ioctl command with a crafted data structure on an AppleTalk socket.

The bug was discovered 11/27/2006. The weakness was shared 11/27/2006 by LMH (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-6130 since 11/27/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. 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 and been published immediately after the advisory. 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 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)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30552), Exploit-DB (29194), Tenable (24811), SecurityFocus (BID 21317†) and OSVDB (30722†). The entries VDB-2824, VDB-2832, VDB-2833 and VDB-2834 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for 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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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: LMH
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6130 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6130
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33459
X-Force: 30552
SecurityFocus: 21317 - Apple Mac OS X AppleTalk AIOCRegLocalZN IOCTL Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 23134 - Apple Mac OS X AppleTalk Privilege Escalation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 30722 - Apple Mac OS X AppleTalk AIOCREGLOCALZN ioctl Command Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1017751
Vulnerability Center: 14628 - Apple Mac OS X AppleTalk Denial of Service via AIOCREGLOCALZN ioctl Command, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-4746

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/29/2026 02:28
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (85), 07/16/2019 17:02 (4), 06/02/2025 09:26 (17), 06/14/2025 01:42 (2), 04/29/2026 02:28 (1)
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