CVE-2010-1379 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause printing failures in macOS by deploying a device with Unicode characters in its service name.
- 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-2010-1379?
CVE-2010-1379 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 17 Jun 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Printer Setup in Apple Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4 does not properly interpret character encoding, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (printing failure) by deploying a printing device that has a Unicode character in its printing-service name.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1379?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.
How do I fix CVE-2010-1379?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-1379 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-2010-1379 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1379 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xmrv-59fp-82f5.