PT-2008-5514 · Apple · Macos X

Ben Loer · Published 2008-12-17 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2008-4219

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: Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.6

Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop and system halt. This occurs when running an application that is dynamically linked to libraries on an NFS server, and an exception happens in the application.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 10.5.6, update to version 10.5.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4219

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 9

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4219 · Security Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32873 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021404 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32839 · Note