CVE-2003-1005 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Mac OS X PKI services by sending malformed ASN.1 sequences, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2003-1005?

CVE-2003-1005 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 14 Apr 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The PKI functionality in Mac OS X 10.2.8 and 10.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via malformed ASN.1 sequences.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1005?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2003-1005?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1005 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2003-1005 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1005 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-w5qr-r2gc-x7mw.

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