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>> Apple Mac OS X Mach-O Handling Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Title : Apple Mac OS X Mach-O Handling Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-4095
CVE ID : CVE-2007-6261
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-12-05
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A vulnerability has been identified in Apple Mac OS X, which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by integer overflow and infinite loop errors in the "load_threadstack()" [mach_loader.c] function when processing specially crafted Mach-O binaries, which could be exploited by malicious users to panic a vulnerable system, creating a denial of service condition.
Affected Products
Apple Mac OS X version 10.5.1 and prior
Apple Mac OS X version 10.4.11 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4095
Credits
Vulnerability reported by mu-b.
ChangeLog
2007-12-05 : Initial release
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