CVE-2005-0985 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause a temporary system hang in Mac OS X via the fan control unit driver, requiring an OS upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-0985?
CVE-2005-0985 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Aug 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Mac OS X kernel before 10.3.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (temporary hang) via unspecified attack vectors related to the fan control unit (FCU) driver.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0985?
How do I fix CVE-2005-0985?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0985 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-2005-0985 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0985 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fxww-g9ff-h2wm.