CVE - CVE-2008-0990

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-0990	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
notifyd in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 does not verify that Mach port death notifications have originated from the kernel, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via spoofed death notifications that prevent other applications from receiving notifications.
References
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html BID:28304 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304 BID:28345 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28345 CERT:TA08-079A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html CONFIRM:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 SECTRACK:1019663 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019663 SECUNIA:29420 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 VUPEN:ADV-2008-0924 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references~~ (Obsolete source) XF:macos-notifyd-dos(41289) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41289
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080226	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080226)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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