CVE-2010-1843

Apple Mac OS X IPv6 PIM Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Networking in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.2 through 10.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted PIM packet.

Networking en Apple Mac OS X v10.6.2 hasta v10.6.4 permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (desreferencia de puntero nulo y caída de sistema) a través de un paquete PIM manipulado.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to denial of service the IPv6 stack of an installation of Apple Mac OSX. No authentication or user interaction is required in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within OSX's IPv6 stack. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was discovered in the xnu kernel implementation when a specially formatted packet is sent to it. Exploiting this vulnerability will result in a remote denial of service against the target os.

*Credits: Anonymous

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2010-05-06 CVE Reserved
2010-11-10 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-21 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314	Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435	2010-12-10

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html	2010-12-10
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html	2010-12-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.6.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.6.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.6.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.6.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.6.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.6.4"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.6.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.6.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.6.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.6.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.6.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.6.4"		-		Affected