Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2009-2839. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Screen Sharing in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 allows remote VNC servers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 11/09/2009 by Nicolas Joly with Vmware (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-2839. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42434 (Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116692 (Apple Mac OS X 10.6.2 and Security Update 2009-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1)).

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54201), Tenable (42434), SecurityFocus (BID 36956†), OSVDB (59997†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24572†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4059, VDB-50781, VDB-50779 and VDB-50778. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 42434
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102038
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Nicolas Joly
Organization: Vmware
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2839 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2839
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50780
X-Force: 54201
SecurityFocus: 36956 - RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2009-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 59997 - Apple Mac OS X Screen Sharing Remote VNC Server Unspecified Arbitrary Code Execution
Vulnerability Center: 24572 - Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 VNC Screen Sharing Vulnerability Allows Remote Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 06/02/2025 14:40
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (59), 02/20/2017 09:57 (11), 08/27/2021 15:24 (4), 08/27/2021 15:31 (1), 06/02/2025 14:40 (16)
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