>> Apple Mac OS X "cs_validate_page" Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Apple Mac OS X "cs_validate_page" Local Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-4216 CVE ID : CVE-2007-6359
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-12-13
Technical Description
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 errors in the "cs_validate_page()" function when processing return values of "hashes()", which could be exploited by malicious users to panic a vulnerable system and create a denial of service condition via a specially crafted Mach-O binary.
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