Apple iChat 3.1.6 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iChat 3.1.6 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2007-0613. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iChat 3.1.6 (Chat Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. 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. CVE summarizes:

The Bonjour functionality in mDNSResponder, iChat 3.1.6, and InstantMessage framework 428 in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 does not check for duplicate entries when adding newly discovered available contacts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disrupted communication) via a flood of duplicate _presence._tcp mDNS queries.

The weakness was presented 01/29/2007 by LMH (Website). The advisory is available at projects.info-pull.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-0613. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24354 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-002)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32064), Exploit-DB (3230), Tenable (24354), SecurityFocus (BID 22304†) and OSVDB (32698†). See VDB-2872, VDB-34343, VDB-34739 and VDB-34551 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
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Nessus ID: 24354
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-002)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: projects.info-pull.com
Researcher: LMH
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-0613 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0613
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34738
X-Force: 32064
SecurityFocus: 22304
OSVDB: 32698 - Apple Mac OS X Bonjour Functionality _presence._tcp mDNS Query Saturation DoS
Vulnerability Center: 28258 - mDNSResponder, iChat, and InstantMessage framework in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 10:40
Updated: 03/02/2025 19:51
Changes: 03/13/2015 10:40 (55), 03/09/2017 11:48 (8), 07/13/2021 10:04 (3), 07/13/2021 10:09 (2), 07/13/2021 10:14 (1), 03/02/2025 19:51 (21)
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Cache ID: 216:5E8:103

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