CVE-2006-6127 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service in the Mac OS X kernel by exploiting a race condition in kevent registration during process forking.
- 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-2006-6127?
CVE-2006-6127 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 27 Nov 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Apple Mac OS X kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service via a process that uses kevent to register a queue and an event, then fork a child process that uses kevent to register an event for the same queue as the parent.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6127?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6127?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6127 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-2006-6127 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6127 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8cjq-wm75-2gqx.