Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.4 Terminal URL denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Terminal URL Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2004-0171. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.4 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Terminal URL Handler. 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:

FreeBSD 5.1 and earlier, and Mac OS X before 10.3.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion of memory buffers and system crash) via a large number of out-of-sequence TCP packets, which prevents the operating system from creating new connections.

The bug was discovered 01/22/2004. The weakness was disclosed 05/30/2004 by David Brown with vtty.com (Website). The advisory is available at docs.info.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0171. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 41 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12257 (Mac OS X < 10.3.4 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 and running in the context c.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at apple.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15369), Tenable (12257), SecurityFocus (BID 10432†), OSVDB (4124†) and Secunia (SA11724†). Additional details are provided at docs.info.apple.com. The entries VDB-75, VDB-300, VDB-526 and VDB-543 are pretty similar. 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 12257
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.3.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 52646
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-04:04.tcp.asc)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: apple.com
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01/22/2004 🔍
03/01/2004 +39 days 🔍
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03/15/2004 +11 days 🔍
05/28/2004 +74 days 🔍
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06/01/2004 +2 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: docs.info.apple.com⛔
Researcher: David Brown
Organization: vtty.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0171 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0171
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-682
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X-Force: 15369
SecurityFocus: 10432 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11724 - Mac OS X Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 4124 - Multiple BSD mbufs Out-of-Sequence TCP Packet DoS
Vulnerability Center: 7275 - DoS in FreeBSD, MacOS X and SGI IRIX via Multiple Out-of-Sequence TCP Packets, High

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

Created: 06/01/2004 14:16
Updated: 12/15/2024 21:01
Changes: 06/01/2004 14:16 (92), 06/28/2019 15:31 (1), 12/15/2024 21:01 (19)
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Cache ID: 216:71F:103

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