CVE-2007-0613 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can disrupt communication in macOS by flooding mDNS queries, causing a denial of service due to lack of duplicate entry checks.
- 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-2007-0613?
CVE-2007-0613 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Bonjour functionality in mDNSResponder, iChat 3.1.6, and InstantMessage framework 428 in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 does not check for duplicate entries when adding newly discovered available contacts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disrupted communication) via a flood of duplicate _presence._tcp mDNS queries.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0613?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Apple Ichat, Apple Instant Message Framework, Apple Mdnsresponder.
How do I fix CVE-2007-0613?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0613 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-2007-0613 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-0613 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qpgm-wrx9-v53j.