Apple iChat denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple iChat. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-0614. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple iChat (Chat Software) (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and 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 weakness was shared 01/29/2007 by Lance M. Havok (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at projects.info-pull.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 by MoAB 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 Exploit-DB (3230), Tenable (24354), SecurityFocus (BID 22304†), OSVDB (32699†) and Secunia (SA23945†). The entries VDB-2872, VDB-34343, VDB-34739 and VDB-34738 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: MoAB
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Nessus ID: 24354
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-002)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: projects.info-pull.com
Researcher: Lance M. Havok
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0614 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0614
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-85079
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: 32699 - Apple iChat _presence._tcp Records DoS
SecurityTracker: 1017661

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 05/08/2016 21:39
Updated: 03/02/2025 09:19
Changes: 05/08/2016 21:39 (70), 12/17/2018 08:07 (14), 03/02/2025 09:19 (16)
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