CVE-2004-0744 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Mac OS X by sending fragmented IP packets that consume memory and resources.

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-2004-0744?

CVE-2004-0744 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 12 Aug 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The TCP/IP Networking component in Mac OS X before 10.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and resource consumption) via a "Rose Attack" that involves sending a subset of small IP fragments that do not form a complete, larger packet.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0744?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2004-0744?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0744 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-2004-0744 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0744 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5h68-87jm-pwv5.

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