CVE-2009-2829 - Event Monitor in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly handle crafted authentication data sent to

CVE-2009-2829

Summary

Event Monitor in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly handle crafted authentication data sent to an SSH daemon, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors involving processing of XML log documents by other services, related to a "log injection" issue. Per: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 "This issue affects Mac OS X Server systems only"

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 17-11-2009 - 07:02)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-255

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

apple	APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1
bid	36956
confirm	http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
vupen	ADV-2009-3184

Last major update

17-11-2009 - 07:02

Published

10-11-2009 - 19:30

Last modified

17-11-2009 - 07:02