PT-2009-4640 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2009-08-06 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-2190

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an individual service outage. This is achieved by making many connections to an inetd-based launchd service.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.8, update to version 10.5.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2190

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2190 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/35954 · Patch
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36096 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/56841 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52425 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022672 · Note