CVE-2009-2190 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause individual service outages in macOS launchd by flooding inetd-based services with connections.
- 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-2009-2190?
CVE-2009-2190 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 6 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
launchd in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (individual service outage) by making many connections to an inetd-based launchd service.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2190?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2190?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2190 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-2009-2190 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2190 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v9vr-7v4q-684f.