Description
notifyd in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 does not verify that Mach port death notifications have originated from the kernel, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via spoofed death notifications that prevent other applications from receiving notifications.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28345 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304 ↗
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html ↗
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019663 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41289 ↗