CVE-2007-0267 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a kernel panic and potential filesystem corruption by mounting a crafted UFS DMG image with corrupted directory entries.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-0267?
CVE-2007-0267 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 17 Jan 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The ufs_lookup function in the Mac OS X 10.4.8 and FreeBSD 6.1 kernels allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly corrupt other filesystems by mounting a crafted UNIX File System (UFS) DMG image that contains a corrupted directory entry (struct direct), related to the ufs_dirbad function. NOTE: a third party states that the FreeBSD issue does not cross privilege boundaries.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0267?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Apple Mac Os X, Freebsd Freebsd.
How do I fix CVE-2007-0267?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0267 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-2007-0267 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-0267 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qw28-24h2-5p6v.