>> Apple Mac OS X "fpathconf()" File Type Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Apple Mac OS X "fpathconf()" File Type Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4448 CVE ID : CVE-2006-5836
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-11-10
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Apple Mac OS X, which could be exploited by malicious users to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to an error in the "fpathconf()" syscall that does not properly handle unsupported file types, which could be exploited by local attackers to panic or crash a vulnerable system, creating a denial of service condition.
