Description
Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 does not properly share file descriptors over local sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing file descriptors in messages sent to a socket that has no receiver, related to a "synchronization issue."
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://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 ↗
- http://osvdb.org/56836 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36096 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52439 ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022672 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 ↗
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html ↗