Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2008-0990 (CCN-41289)

Assigned:2008-03-01
Published:2008-03-01
Updated:2017-08-08
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:4.4 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
3.2 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
1.6 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-200
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2008-0990

Source: CCN
Type: Apple Web site
About Security Update 2008-002

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

Source: APPLE
Type: Patch
APPLE-SA-2008-03-18

Source: CCN
Type: SA29420
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
29420

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1019663
Mac OS X notifyd Lets Local Users Prevent Processes from Receiving Notifications

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 43392
Apple Mac OS X notifyd Spoofed Port Death Notification Local DoS

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
28304

Source: CCN
Type: BID-28304
RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-002 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
28345

Source: CCN
Type: BID-28345
Apple Mac OS X 'notifyd' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1019663

Source: CERT
Type: US Government Resource
TA08-079A

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2008-0924

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
macos-notifyd-dos(41289)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
macos-notifyd-dos(41289)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    apple mac os x 10.4.11
    apple mac os x server 10.4.11
    apple mac os x 10.4.11
    apple mac os x server 10.4.11