Resource exhaustion in Apple MAC OS X

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU30353

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5366

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The IPv6 implementation in Apple Mac OS X (unknown versions, year 2012 and earlier) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets containing multiple Routing entries.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

macOS: 10.0 - 10.6.8

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:10.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/12
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56170/info

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.