PT-2009-2833 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2009-02-13 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2009-0140

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions 10.4.11 and 10.5.6

Description The issue allows remote SMB servers to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory exhaustion and system shutdown, via a crafted file system name.

Recommendations For Mac OS X version 10.4.11, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Mac OS X version 10.5.6, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to SMB servers to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0140

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 5

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0140 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 · Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 · Note