CVE-2008-0990 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause denial of service in Mac OS X by spoofing Mach port death notifications, preventing other applications from receiving them.
- 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-2008-0990?
CVE-2008-0990 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 18 Mar 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
notifyd in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 does not verify that Mach port death notifications have originated from the kernel, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via spoofed death notifications that prevent other applications from receiving notifications.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0990?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.
How do I fix CVE-2008-0990?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0990 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-2008-0990 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0990 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4x72-38vw-g643.