CVE-2015-7760 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service by repeatedly connecting to the SSH port, exploiting unrestricted process creation in launchd.

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-2015-7760?

CVE-2015-7760 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 9 Oct 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libxpc in launchd in Apple OS X before 10.11 does not restrict the creation of processes for network connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by repeatedly connecting to the SSH port, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7761.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7760?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7760?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-7760 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-2015-7760 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7760 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-xvmg-gg95-h6hm.

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