Apple iChat 3.1.6 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iChat 3.1.6. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-0614. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple iChat 3.1.6 (Chat Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. 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:

The Bonjour functionality in mDNSResponder, iChat 3.1.6, and InstantMessage framework 428 in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent application crash) via a crafted phsh hash attribute in a TXT key.

The bug was discovered 02/15/2007. The weakness was shared 01/29/2007 by Lance M. Havok (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at docs.info.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-0614 since 01/30/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at projects.info-pull.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 and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115515 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2007-002 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2007-02-15)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32060), Exploit-DB (3230), Tenable (24354), SecurityFocus (BID 22304†) and OSVDB (32713†). The entries VDB-2872, VDB-34343, VDB-34738 and VDB-34551 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
CWE: CWE-404
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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: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: Lance M. Havok
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CVE: CVE-2007-0614 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0614
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34739
X-Force: 32060
SecurityFocus: 22304 - Apple iChat Bonjour Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23945 - Apple Mac OS X iChat Bonjour Denial of Service, Not Critical
OSVDB: 32713 - Apple iChat Improper TXT Key Hash Handling DoS
SecurityTracker: 1017661
Vulnerability Center: 14329 - Bonjour in mDNSResponder, iChat and InstantMessage in Mac OS X 10.4.8, 10.3.9 Remote DoS, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/13/2015 10:40
Updated: 03/01/2025 22:25
Changes: 03/13/2015 10:40 (81), 07/14/2019 20:13 (10), 03/01/2025 22:25 (16)
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