CVE-2013-5190 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause Smart Card service outages in macOS by interfering with certificate-revocation 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-2013-5190?
CVE-2013-5190 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 24 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Smart Card Services in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not properly implement certificate-revocation checks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Smart Card usage outage) by interfering with the revocation-check procedure.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5190?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Mac Os X.
How do I fix CVE-2013-5190?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5190 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-2013-5190 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5190 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2r4g-hgpp-p46x.