CVE-2009-2194

Severity

49%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

115%

Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 does not properly share file descriptors over local sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing file descriptors in messages sent to a socket that has no receiver, related to a "synchronization issue."

Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 does not properly share file descriptors over local sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing file descriptors in messages sent to a socket that has no receiver, related to a "synchronization issue."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

Apple Mac OS X

First reported 15 years ago

2009-08-06 16:30:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-17 01:30:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X 10.5

10.5

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.0

10.5.0

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1

10.5.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2

10.5.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.3

10.5.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4

10.5.4

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5

10.5.5

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6

10.5.6

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7

10.5.7

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5

10.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.0

10.5.0

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1

10.5.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.2

10.5.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.3

10.5.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4

10.5.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5

10.5.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.6

10.5.6

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.7

10.5.7

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