PT-2011-2896 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2011-06-24 · Updated 2011-10-27 · CVE-2011-1132

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 10.6.8

Description The issue concerns the IPv6 implementation in the kernel, allowing local users to cause a denial of service through specific vectors involving socket options, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and system reboot.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.6.8, update to version 10.6.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1132

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 6

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1132 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/48422 · Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999 · Note