PT-2010-2258 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2010-03-30 · Updated 2010-03-31 · CVE-2010-0500

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 10.6.3

Description The issue is related to a "plist injection issue" where the Event Monitor in Apple Mac OS X does not properly validate hostnames of SSH clients. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by arbitrarily blacklisting clients via a crafted DNS PTR record.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.6.3, update to version 10.6.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to SSH services to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-0500

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0500 · Security Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory