CVE-2006-6130 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a kernel panic in Mac OS X by sending crafted data to the AppleTalk AIOCREGLOCALZN ioctl command.

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-2006-6130?

CVE-2006-6130 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 28 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 AppleTalk allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by calling the AIOCREGLOCALZN ioctl command with a crafted data structure on an AppleTalk socket.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6130?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2006-6130?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6130 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-2006-6130 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-6130 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-23f4-p98f-875g.

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