PT-2007-7218 · Apple · Xnu Kernel

Published 2007-12-15 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2007-6359

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xnu kernel versions 1228.0 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, by utilizing a crafted signed Mach-O binary. This binary causes the hashes function to return NULL, triggering a failed assertion.

Recommendations For xnu kernel versions 1228.0 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-6359

Affected Products

Xnu Kernel

References · 11

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/4723 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/26840 · Exploit
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6359 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28048 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4216 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30430 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38997 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html · Note
• http://digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-superblob-dos.c · Note