CVE-2008-0990 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Apple MAC OS X

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure3 documents3 sources
Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.53%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MAC OS XApple MAC OS X Server
Timeline
PublishedMar 18
Latest updateMay 1

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.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.4.11

Patches

Patch: lists.apple.com ↗Patch: lists.apple.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4x72-38vw-g643: notifyd in Apple Mac OS X 10↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2008-0990: notifyd in Apple Mac OS X 10↗2008-03-18
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