PT-2005-1999 · Apple · Macos X

Nemo · Published 2005-04-22 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2005-0975

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions prior to 10.3.9

Description The issue is related to an integer signedness error in the parse machfile function within the mach-o loader. This error can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption, by utilizing a crafted mach-o header.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions prior to 10.3.9, update to version 10.3.9 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0975

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 11

• 🔥 http://felinemenace.org/advisories/macosx.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/12314 · Exploit
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Apr/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0975 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13902 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-185.shtml · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013735 · Patch
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110616533903671&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18979 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1012941 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0041 · Note